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to close the window

to close the window

14 1.0
To shut a window so it is not open
  • phrasal verb
: cerrar la ventana
  • As the wind picked up, Rajinder said, "Let's close the windows."
  • please close the window
  • close the window quickly
  • got up to close the window

Can we please close the windows if we have to, right?

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Examples

  • Can you please close the window?

    Paradise Now (2005)

  • Close the window!

    Tennessee Johnson (1942)

  • Can we please close the windows if we have to, right?

    Triggernometry

  • Hey, would anyone mind if I close the window?

    The Last Kung Fu Monk (2010)

  • The young man closed the window and moved over to the seat by the door.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Somebody had forgotten to close the window, and a white curtain blew in from the outside.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Close the window.

    The Evil That Men Do (1984)

  • At one point, Germain closes the window, shutting out the sounds of the children.

    Academic text (1998)

  • When she turned the corner, he closed the window reluctantly and went to pack, whistling softly under his breath.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Could you please close the window before it starts raining?

Synonyms

to shut
vsto close the window
∞ 1.0

To close something so it is not open

is used specifically for making a glass opening in a wall not open
to close
vsto close the window
∞ 1.0

To shut something so it is not open

is narrower, used only for making a glass opening in a wall not open

How Closed

to bolt
34 2.8
to latch
58 2.5
to close the window
14 1.0
to crack open
15 2.6
to open
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

close the window infinitive
closed the window past
closed the window past participle
closing the window present participle
closes the window third person singular

Morphology

close + the + window

The meaning 'to shut a window' is directly and transparently derived from the verb 'close' (to shut) combined with the noun 'window' and the definite article 'the' does not change compositionality. This verb + object construction is a basic, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Close the window shows the simple picture of using your hand to close a window so it meets the frame and stops cold air, rain, or noise. That's why it means 'to shut a window so that it is not open'.