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closed

closed

16 1.3
Not open to the public and limited to certain people
  • adjective
  • /kloʊzd/
translation icon : cerrado al público
  • Access to the closed event required an invitation, ensuring only selected guests could attend.

Are they in permissioned or closed blockchains?

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Examples

  • The trial continued behind closed doors on Tuesday in the imposing gray stone Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court.

    Blog text (22)
  • But this is a CLOSED adoption and will remain so.

    Blog text (18)
  • Victoria: This Is A Closed Party.

  • Usually the results get him in trouble, and then Mom and Dad laugh behind closed doors.

    Blog text (7)
  • But behind closed doors, Great Britain and France sealed a secret deal.

    Academic text (2003)
  • I'm tired of feeling like we have to hide behind closed doors.

  • Their leaders regularly lobby members of Congress behind closed doors and often meet privately with the president and his administration.

    Blog text (4)
  • President Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia spent marathon sessions behind closed doors with the Somali leaders.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The company held a closed meeting to discuss sensitive financial matters, inviting only key executives.

  • The investigation took place in a closed setting, with only authorized personnel permitted inside.

Synonyms

exclusive
vsclosed
399 5.4

Only for one person, group, or purpose and not shared

is restricted to certain people but does not always imply prestige
off-limits
vsclosed
102 4.6

Not allowed to enter, use, or talk about

is available to some people rather than being forbidden entirely
shut
vsclosed
74 1.0

Not open, for example a door or your eyes

is about restricted access for people rather than physical closure
closed-door
vsclosed
19 5.3

Not open to the public and held privately by a small group

is limited to particular people rather than secret or private gathering

Antonyms

1.0

Open or available to everyone, not private

579 1.0

Not decided and still possible to change

Idioms

behind closed doors
  • Literature
112 4.1

In private and not open to the public

To keep quiet to avoid saying something silly

with eyes closed
  • Informal
4.9

To do something easily without thinking because you trust or know it well

Compounds

19 5.3

Not open to the public and held privately by a small group

15 4.2

A private meeting or place that people keep secret

14 4.1

A space surrounded on all sides and not open to the outside

8 5.5

A part of a meeting that is not open to the public

closed-circuit
  • Specialized
5 5.3

A system that keeps video or sound inside a private network

4 6.4

A workplace that only hires people who belong to a union

A system of cameras and monitors that records and shows images for security, not for public broadcast

2 7.2

An election to choose a party candidate in which only registered members of the party can vote

closed circuit
  • Specialized
2 4.3

A complete path that lets electricity or signals flow

closed loop
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A system that uses feedback to keep things like temperature at the right level

Includes captions that viewers can turn on to read the dialogue

closed book
  • Informal
1 7.4

Something that is hard to understand or know much about

closed fracture
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A broken bone that does not break the skin

closed universe
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A model of the universe whose space curves and contains enough matter to stop and reverse its expansion

closed-end fund
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A company that sells a set number of shares that trade on the stock market

closed curve
  • Specialized
6.5

A curve with no endpoints that comes back to its starting point, like a circle

A plant with blue or purple flowers shaped like a tube that stay mostly closed

closed interval
  • Specialized
7.3

All numbers from one number to another including both ends

closed syllable
  • Specialized
6.0

A syllable that ends with a consonant and has a short vowel sound

closed-angle glaucoma
  • Specialized
6.7

A sudden eye condition when the colored part blocks fluid leaving the front of the eye, raising eye pressure quickly

closed-class word
  • Specialized
8.3

A word from a small fixed set that helps show grammar, like in or and

A company that issues a fixed number of shares which are traded on a stock market

closed chain
  • Specialized
6.9

A ring of atoms joined in a molecule to form a loop

closed corporation
  • Specialized
7.0

A company whose shares are owned by a small group and not sold to the public

closed couplet
  • Literature
7.9

Two lines of poetry that rhyme and give a complete thought

closed-heart surgery
  • Specialized
6.1

Heart surgery done through a small cut without opening the chest

closed-loop system
  • Specialized
6.0

A control system that uses information from sensors to adjust itself automatically

closed-loop system
  • Specialized
5.2

A system that recovers, cleans, and reuses materials to avoid waste

closed-ring
  • Specialized
7.7

Having atoms joined together to form a ring

simple closed curve
  • Specialized
7.9

A curved line on a flat surface that makes a closed loop without crossing itself, like a circle

How Restricted

invitational
2 6.5
closed
16 1.3
restricted
18 3.9
open
579 1.0

Surface Forms

closed positive

Morphology

closed = close (transparent) = close + ed

This sense is an extension of the literal 'not open' meaning to access or admission (e.g., 'closed to the public'), which learners can derive from 'close' + '-ed'.

Etymology

Closed comes from the old Latin claudere meaning 'to shut'. A 'closed' meeting is like a room shut to outsiders, so only certain people are allowed to enter.