closing

POS

Noun, Verb (usu participle)

HYPHEN

clos=ing

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun closing has 5 senses

closing(n = noun.act) shutting - the act of closing something; Array

is a kind of motility, motion, move, movement

Derived forms verb close₁, verb close₂, verb close₁₅, verb close₁₄, verb close₉

Antonym: opening

closing(n = noun.communication) close, conclusion, end, ending - the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."

has particulars: anticlimax, bathos, epilog, epilogue, epilog, epilogue, peroration, coda, finale

is a kind of section, subdivision

is a part of narration, recital, yarn, address, speech

Derived form verb close₅

closing(n = noun.act) closure - approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision"

is a kind of approach, approaching, coming

Derived forms verb close₁₆, verb close₁₂, verb close₈

closing(n = noun.act) closedown, closure, shutdown - termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center"

is a kind of conclusion, ending, termination

has particulars: plant closing, bank closing, layoff

Derived form verb close₃

closing(n = noun.act) completion, culmination, mop up, windup - a concluding action; Array

has particulars: consummation, consummation, finish, finishing, finalisation, finalization, follow-through, follow-through, graduation

is a kind of conclusion, ending, termination

Derived forms verb close₄, verb close₅

Adjective closing has 1 sense

closing(a = adj.all) Array - final or ending; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks"

Antonym:

opening

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CIDE DICTIONARY

closing, adj.

final or ending; terminal; as, the closing stages of the election; the closing weeks of the year; the closing scene of the film; closing remarks. Opposite of opening. [WordNet 1.5]

closing, n.

the act of closing something. [WordNet 1.5]
the last section of a communication. [WordNet 1.5]
termination of operations. [WordNet 1.5]
a concluding action. [WordNet 1.5]
the final action in a commercial transaction, especially the meeting between buyer and seller (and in some cases mortgagee), or their representatives, in a transaction for sale of real estate in which all documents are signed and all procedures carried out to complete the sale; -- called also real estate closing. [PJC]

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THESAURUS

closing

abandonment, accommodation, adjustment, arrangement, blockade, breakoff, capping, cease, ceasing, cessation, close, closure, concluding, conclusion, consummative, consummatory, crowning, culminating, culminative, decline, desinence, desistance, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, eventual, final, finish, finishing, hindmost, homestretch, lag, lapse, last lap, last round, last stage, latest, latter, occlusion, perfecting, perfective, period, relinquishment, renunciation, sealing, settlement, shutdown, shutting, shutting up, signature, signing, solemnization, stop, stopping, surcease, terminal, terminating, termination, ultimate

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