noun

• 1An act or process of closing something, especially an institution, thoroughfare, or frontier, or of being closed.

  ‘hospitals that face closure’

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  • ‘road closures’
  • ‘Snow storms and gale-force winds caused disruption across Greece yesterday, forcing road closures and shutting down ferry services.’
  • ‘They were assured that emergency services would be able to gain access to the village and areas beyond the road closures although their progress could be slowed by the work.’
  • ‘The Federation of Small Businesses said the road closures could cost businesses up to £10 million a day.’
  • ‘Many shopkeepers in the immediate area of the excavations and road closures feared their businesses were suffering as a result.’
  • ‘There were at least three road closures for maintenance today between here and Boston.’
  • ‘I do not agree with the closure of Frenches Road and think the process of building the relief road has been most unhelpful to residents and visitors.’
  • ‘Poor funding has contributed to incessant and sudden closures of institutions of higher learning, mostly induced by student unrest.’
  • ‘The closure of many health institutions in recent years has provided opportunities for Government, but they have not been taken.’
  • ‘A similar process occurred with the Richmond Report in the 1980s, which paved the way for the closure of mental health institutions.’
  • ‘He said there would be need to make up for the three weeks that had been lost following the premature closure of the institution.’
  • ‘There will be traffic diversions, contra-flow systems and some road closures during the course of the work.’
  • ‘Seven student organizations have called for nationwide protests along with the closure of educational institutions’
  • ‘Further exacerbating the situation, issues of staff and patient safety have led to further bed closures at some hospitals.’
  • ‘The city has struggled following a succession of high-profile business closures and job losses.’
  • ‘The mood of the meeting was melancholy, as the closure of the butter plant and grocery shop, were very much in the minds of those present.’

  Synonyms

  closing down, shutting down, shutdown, winding up

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  1. 1.1A thing that closes or seals something, such as a cap or zipper.
     ‘Sound decisions often come from the top, and the same can be said for dairy products fitted with protective caps, closures, lids or seals.’
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     • ‘As with other dairy categories, closures and seals have received a second look in ice cream packages.’
     • ‘The intent of the design of the closure system was to seal the shafts to prevent leakage into the mine and preserve the current mine stability.’
     • ‘So worried are they that customers won't pay more than a fiver for wine with a screw cap that these closures now come in very baffling disguises.’
     • ‘With cords lacking safety closures, cover any unused outlets with electrical tape or with plastic caps to prevent the chance of a child making contact with the live circuit.’
     • ‘It features two invisible side front pockets with hidden zipper closures for holding life's necessities.’
     • ‘These usually use snaps or zippers as closures and come in varying sizes.’
     • ‘The front flap and pocket flaps have hook and loop fastener tape closures.’
     • ‘Both styles have a side gusset pocket, a large, main pocket with a zipper closure, a small inside pocket, a brass snap-in key swivel and a cell phone pocket.’
     • ‘If your jacket has a zipper closure, you may choose not to interface, unless the fabric feels stretchy.’
     • ‘The fabric at the closure of the zipper is nice and smooth and designed nicely at the top of the zipper so as to not irritate the chin.’
     • ‘In a centered closure, the zipper is concealed by two flaps of cloth running along either side.’

• 2(in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote; cloture.

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  • ‘a closure motion’

• 3A sense of resolution or conclusion at the end of an artistic work.

  ‘he brings modernistic closure to his narrative’

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  • ‘When the film reaches its open-ended conclusion, any potential closure and resolution have vanished.’
  • ‘You need some type of closure and resolution to the case.’
  • ‘The ending does not convey narrative closure or resolution but catapults us violently back to the beginning.’
  • ‘If the novel offers closure and mature resolution, then this is it, but the case remains unproven.’
  • ‘The music isn't trying to find peace, or closure, or resolution, it's trying to find an expression of nonacceptance, of refusal.’
  • ‘It is an attempt to speed the process along so we can bring it to closure.’
  • ‘The lives and stories frequently intersect as the movie makes its way towards a conclusion that attempts to bring a form of closure to all that has transpired.’
  • ‘And certainly, that will eliminate certain suspects and hopefully bring closure for the parents, whether she's alive or not.’
  • ‘People always say, court cases bring about closure.’
  • ‘The only thing that brings real closure is the truth.’
  • ‘Well, I think it helps to bring closure to that part of our history.’
  • ‘It's just simply very, very difficult to bring these issues to closure.’
  • ‘And, for Mary and her sisters and brother, I hope that this really does bring closure.’
  • ‘I think that this is probably the most important link in the evidence that ought to bring closure to this matter.’
  • ‘At the least, it will be provisional, open-ended, and organized around process rather than closure.’
  • ‘May they fully recognize the wrongs that were done and do all in their power to prevent any further harm, and to bring about healing and closure.’
  • ‘They conduct imaginary conversations and write letters to their loved ones, bringing closure not completed at the time of death.’
  • ‘The Invisible Circus is a touching and heartwarming story of a young woman's journey to bring closure to her family after the unexpected suicide of her sister.’
  • ‘The last few episodes bring some form of closure to the major story arcs, while leaving the door wide open for further development should the show continue.’
  • ‘The president did so, informing the professor that the matter was being brought to closure with the charge against her withdrawn.’
  • ‘He has described how finding the body brings closure.’
  • ‘It also serves to bring closure to their families, who never received an accurate account of how their loved ones died.’

  1. 3.1A feeling that an emotional or traumatic experience has been resolved.
     ‘I am desperately trying to reach closure but I don't know how to do it without answers from him’
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     • ‘It's gutsy for the author to withhold the emotional satisfaction of closure in a drama fueled by such a fraught subject.’
     • ‘In addition, many of the plots are left unresolved, leaving the reader with a sense of loss or lack of closure - mirroring the experience many people during this time must have had.’
     • ‘This oversimplification feels sloppy, and even if it does provide greater emotional closure, it reduces the ambiguity of the film's final shot.’
     • ‘Well, I think you have to work toward emotional closure.’
     • ‘With the news of the birth of their healthy baby came a sense of closure to an intensely emotional case.’
     • ‘The goal that I want you to strive for is what I call emotional closure.’
     • ‘Whether his surviving victims will, in fact, experience such closure is a question that only they can answer.’
     • ‘Divorce counseling is concerned with helping the couple gain some sense of closure regarding their relationship.’
     • ‘Helping them share their perceptions and create a more accurate picture can facilitate healing and closure.’
     • ‘But now that I've seen the film about four times, it really brings a sense of closure to that whole experience.’
     • ‘There is hope in finding happiness and obtaining closure.’
     • ‘I know that musicians leave pieces unresolved specifically to create tension but to do it with a three-minute pop song causes me to have a permanent feeling of lack of closure.’