to close
∞
1.0
- verb
- /kloʊz/
:
cerrar
- Before we finish the meeting, let's finalize the agenda so we can close our discussion.
- help close the deal
- close the office
- close the schools
So that's where we'll close on a positive note.
- So that's where we'll close on a positive note.
- And but before we do close out, where can we find you?
- And this is how he closes, he says.
- And you know, I want to close with one thing on this.
- What I get to do is close this loop and like take that off.
- So let me close with with an example of that sort.
- And as the break now closes, I know we don't want it to.
- We made it anyway, that's important and we'll close out on this.
- Thomas and Weber, we close real estate transactions.
- He wrote the short poem Kismet, which I will close with here.
Examples
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Yeah, well... I decided to close early tonight.
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So we're going to close by inflicting some social science on you.
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Anything about this before I close the the video?
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So we would have to close our border at some point.
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We close in five minutes.
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Head to bed, I'll close things up.
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So that's where we'll close on a positive note.
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Evaluation methods are outlined, and the paper closes with recommendations for future research and practice.
Academic text (2013) -
Educators have been charged with closing the performance gap between majority and minority students.
Academic text (2013) -
The bank is closed.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To stop something or make it finish
∞
1.0
To bring something to an end or complete it
∞
1.0
To finish something or make it whole
226
3.0
Finish an activity or task
208
3.1
To finish an activity or event
190
2.0
To complete an activity or task
147
4.6
To make something stop or finish
131
3.0
To make something stop completely
74
3.8
Complete the last details to make something ready
37
3.8
To end a broadcast or show, usually with a final remark
31
2.5
To complete the last part of a task
22
4.0
Make an agreement official by accepting its final terms
22
3.3
Finish the last small details to complete something
19
3.9
Finish a project, account, or process
17
3.7
Bring an activity or meeting to an end
11
4.0
To complete something by adding the final touches
5
5.3
Decide that a matter has ended and do nothing more about it
2
3.2
To finish a meeting so everyone can leave
2
3.5
To complete the steps to make a business agreement official
End a computer or website connection when you finish using it
Antonyms
Idioms
- Specialized
1
9.9
Sailing with the boat pointed almost into the wind to go as directly toward it as possible
1
7.6
To not tell people your plans or feelings to get an advantage
To do something useful only after it is already too late
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
6
5.0
To leave very little time before something happens and risk being late
Compounds
1
7.5
Fighting that happens at very short distance between people, often hand-to-hand
- Specialized
Putting the cut edges of tissue together so they touch and heal
- South African
A company that a small group of people own and run and whose shares are not sold to the public
- Specialized
Gunfire aimed near friendly troops to protect them from immediate enemy threats
- UK
A speech sound made with the tongue close to the roof of the mouth, like the sound in see
- Specialized
Soldiers march shoulder to shoulder in a set formation for parades
- Formal
A short polite phrase that comes before the signature in a formal letter, like 'Sincerely' or 'Best regards'
How Final
Surface Forms
Etymology
Close (verb, to bring to an end) comes from the same old root claudere 'to shut', used like 'shutting' an event. That's why when something closes it is finished or officially ended.