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close lcose colse oclse locse olcse clsoe lcsoe csloe scloe lscoe slcoe cosle ocsle csole scole oscle socle losce olsce lsoce sloce oslce solce cloes lcoes coles ocles loces olces cleos lceos celos eclos lecos elcos coels ocels ceols ecols oecls eocls loecs olecs leocs elocs oelcs eolcs clseo lcseo csleo scleo lsceo slceo cleso lceso celso eclso lecso elcso cselo scelo ceslo ecslo seclo esclo lseco sleco lesco elsco selco eslco cosel ocsel csoel scoel oscel socel coesl ocesl ceosl ecosl oecsl eocsl cseol sceol cesol ecsol secol escol osecl soecl oescl eoscl seocl esocl losec olsec lsoec sloec oslec solec loesc olesc leosc elosc oelsc eolsc lseoc sleoc lesoc elsoc seloc esloc oselc soelc oeslc eoslc seolc esolc

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Definitions and meaning of close

close

Etymology 1

From Middle English closen (“to close, enclose”), partly continuing (in altered form) earlier Middle English clusen (“to close”) (from Old English clȳsan (“to close, shut”); compare beclose, foreclose, etc.), and partly derived from Middle English clos (“close, shut up, confined, secret”, adjective), from Old French clos (“close, confined”, adjective), from Latin clausus (“shut up”, past participle), from claudere (“to bar, block, close, enclose, bring an end to, confine”), from Proto-Indo-European *klāw- (“key, hook, nail”), related to Latin clāvis (“key, deadbolt, bar”), clāvus (“nail, peg”), claustrum (“bar, bolt, barrier”), claustra (“dam, wall, barricade, stronghold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “bar, bolt, key”), German schließen (“to close, conclude, lock”), Dutch sluiten (“to close, conclude, lock”). Partially replaced Old English lūcan (“to close, lock, enclose”), (whence English lock). Doublet of clause.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: klōz, IPA^(key): /kləʊz/
• (General American) enPR: klōz, IPA^(key): /kloʊz/
• Rhymes: -əʊz
• Homophones: cloze, clothes (when the /ð/ is omitted)

Verb

close (third-person singular simple present closes, present participle closing, simple past and past participle closed)

1. (physical) To remove a gap.
   1. (transitive, intransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.

      Synonyms: close up, shut

      Antonym: open

      to close the ranks of an army
   2. To obstruct or block.

      Synonyms: close off, close up, shut, shut off

      Antonym: open

   3. (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
   4. (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
   5. To grapple; to engage in close combat.
      • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Phillip II

        They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest.

2. To finish, to terminate.
   1. (transitive) To put an end to; to conclude.

      Synonyms: close down, complete, end, finish, wind up, wrap up

      Antonyms: begin, commence, initiate, start
   2. (intransitive) To come to an end.

      Synonyms: end, finish, wind up, wrap up

      Antonyms: begin, commence, start

   3. (intransitive, of a business) To cease trading for the day.

      Synonym: shut

      Antonym: open

   4. (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
   5. (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.

   6. (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.

      Synonym: exit (an application)

      Antonyms: launch (an application), open, start (an application)

   7. (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
3. (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.

   Synonyms: encompass, confine
4. (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
5. (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.

6. (Philippines) To turn off; to switch off.

   Please close the lights. ― Please turn off the lights.

   Close the fan please. ― Please switch off the fan.

   Close the TV now. ― Turn off the TV now.

Usage notes

Due to the near-opposite meanings relating to fluid flow and electrical components, these usages are deprecated in safety-critical instructions, with the words to "on" or to "off" preferred, so instead of Close valve A; close switch B use Turn valve A to OFF; turn switch B to ON.

Conjugation

Hyponyms

• autoclose

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Translations

Noun

close (plural closes)

1. An end or conclusion.

   We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.
2. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
3. (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.

   Synonym: closer
4. A grapple in wrestling.
5. (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
6. (music) A double bar marking the end.
7. (aviation, travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.

Synonyms

• (end): end, finale

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "end"): beginning, start

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French clos, from Latin clausum, participle of claudō.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: klōs, IPA^(key): /kləʊs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kloʊs/
• Rhymes: -əʊs

Adjective

close (comparative closer, superlative closest)

2. (now rare) Closed, shut.
3. Narrow; confined.
4. At a little distance; near.

5. Intimate; well-loved.
   1. (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
6. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
7. (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
9. (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
10. Strictly confined; carefully guarded.

11. (obsolete) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
12. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.

13. Short.

14. (archaic) Dense; solid; compact.
15. (archaic) Concise; to the point.
    • 1690, John Dryden, Translations (Preface)

      Where the original is close no version can reach it in the same compass.

16. (dated) Difficult to obtain.

17. (dated) Parsimonious; stingy.
18. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.

19. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
20. Marked, evident.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
21. Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer or goal); near

22. (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.

Synonyms

• (at a little distance): close by, near, nearby; see also Thesaurus:near
• (intimate): intimate
• (hot, humid): muggy, oppressive; see also Thesaurus:muggy
• (articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate): high
• (dense, solid, compact): see also Thesaurus:compact

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "at a little distance"): distant, far, faraway, far off, remote; see also Thesaurus:distant
• (antonym(s) of "intimate"): aloof, cool, distant
• (antonym(s) of "articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate"): open

Hyponyms

• this close, thisclose
• ultra-close

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

close (plural closes)

1. (now rare, chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field, especially a field enclosed around a (usually religious) building.
2. (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
3. (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
4. (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
5. A cathedral close.
6. (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed

Synonyms

• (street): cul-de-sac
• (narrow alley): See Thesaurus:alley

Derived terms

Translations

Descendants

• → Irish: clós
• → Welsh: clos

References

• “close”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Coles, coles, socle

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kloz/

Adjective

close

1. feminine singular of clos

Verb

close

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of clore

Participle

close f sg

1. feminine singular of clos

Further reading

• “close”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• socle

Middle English

Noun

close

1. plural of cloth

Portuguese

Noun

close m (plural closes)

1. (photography) close-up (photography in which the subject is shown at a large scale)

   Synonym: close-up

2. attitude