What is another word for closure?
Synonyms for closure
ˈkloʊ ʒərclo·sure
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Princeton's WordNet
closing, closurenoun
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"
Synonyms:
block, gag law, completion, end, gag rule, conclusion, ending, culmination, resolution, stoppage, mop up, cloture, close, occlusion, blockage, law of closure, settlement, closing, shutdown, shutting, stop, closedown, windupclosure, cloture, gag rule, gag lawnoun
a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
Synonyms:
stop, block, settlement, shutdown, gag law, occlusion, law of closure, resolution, gag rule, cloture, blockage, closedown, stoppage, closingclosure, law of closurenoun
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
Synonyms:
stop, block, settlement, shutdown, gag law, occlusion, law of closure, resolution, gag rule, cloture, blockage, closedown, stoppage, closingsettlement, resolution, closurenoun
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
"they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"
Synonyms:
colony, small town, block, firmness of purpose, liquidation, closedown, resolving power, stop, solving, answer, gag law, colonization, resoluteness, solution, solvent, cloture, resolve, stoppage, result, resolving, declaration, law of closure, settlement, closing, blockage, gag rule, shutdown, firmness, occlusion, village, resolution, colonisationblockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppagenoun
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
"we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
Synonyms:
hitch, cube, blocking, full stop, stoppage, layover, cloture, law of closure, halt, plosive, gag law, diaphragm, pulley-block, pulley, arrest, closing, point, closedown, plosive speech sound, occlusion, cylinder block, check, occluded front, obstruction, mental block, engine block, full point, block, blockage, stop consonant, stopover, shutdown, stop, occlusive, city block, auction block, resolution, period, stay, pulley block, catch, plosive consonant, gag rule, settlementblockage, closure, occlusionnoun
the act of blocking
Synonyms:
block, gag law, occluded front, gag rule, obstruction, stoppage, cloture, blockage, occlusion, law of closure, settlement, closing, shutdown, stop, closedown, resolutionclosure, closedown, closing, shutdownverb
termination of operations
"they regretted the closure of the day care center"
Synonyms:
block, gag law, completion, end, gag rule, conclusion, ending, culmination, stoppage, mop up, cloture, blockage, occlusion, law of closure, settlement, closing, shutdown, close, shutting, stop, closedown, resolution, windupclosure, clotureverb
terminate debate by calling for a vote
"debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"
Synonyms:
cloture
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List of paraphrases for "closure":
closing, closures, close, closed, latch, shutdown, end, fence, decommissioning, conclusion, lock, concluding, shut-off, close-out, shut-down, blockade, shut, zipper, sealing, closeout, termination, fencing, abandonment
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#272 | check | |
#317 | end | |
#438 | point | |
#611 | result | |
#735 | close | |
#766 | period | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1091 | solution | |
#1251 | answer | |
#1488 | resolution | |
#1662 | block | |
#1888 | ending | |
#1933 | village | |
#1958 | closed | |
#3411 | lock | |
#3635 | catch | |
#3841 | completion | |
#4037 | conclusion | |
#4038 | closing | |
#4075 | settlement | |
#5210 | declaration | |
#5505 | shut | |
#5981 | resolve | |
#6054 | termination | |
#6209 | solving | |
#7169 | closure | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#7860 | cube | |
#8175 | fence | |
#8905 | blocking | |
#9598 | colony | |
#12190 | shutdown | |
#12739 | fencing | |
#13575 | solvent | |
#13959 | halt | |
#14186 | resolving | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#14891 | closeout | |
#15543 | zipper | |
#15807 | sealing | |
#17158 | concluding | |
#17550 | closures | |
#17647 | liquidation | |
#18633 | obstruction | |
#18818 | latch | |
#22574 | abandonment | |
#23522 | diaphragm | |
#23586 | shutting | |
#24365 | pulley | |
#26805 | blockade | |
#27588 | colonization | |
#31249 | decommissioning | |
#33033 | occlusion | |
#33152 | culmination | |
#37894 | blockage | |
#46133 | firmness | |
#48365 | stoppage | |
#54999 | stopover | |
#59293 | cloture | |
#65030 | colonisation | |
#73621 | occlusive | |
#79190 | layover | |
#101879 | windup | |
#140252 | plosive | |
#238075 | closedown | |
#311468 | resoluteness |
How to use closure in a sentence?
I feel happy for the families, and I feel some closure, some closure is better than no closure.
Today on 24th May electricity cut has been done till 11 am as per electricity board , it is a sign either stock market will fall or go down drastically till that time. Besides, traders can always expect brokerage firms playing trick like closure of trading platform calling it technical error .Also internet disruption is also possible during this time.
I would say that probably 99% of Americans don't know that they're here doing what they're doing, but for a lot of Americans, this is one of the most important missions in the world because they're still missing their loved ones and they don't have closure, and people deserve and want closure. War has terrible, lingering scars, and where you have an ability to be able to address them, we should.
If they're defining closure as, 'This is an end to the trial itself,' then yes, maybe they can find closure, but if they're thinking that closure means, 'Oh, my grief is done,' then absolutely not.
For some of the wounded that I don't think have really had an opportunity to move on yet and have maybe needed this for some closure, I hope they get their closure from this.
Translations for closure
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- إغلاقArabic
- закриванеBulgarian
- uzavření, uzavírka, uzávěrCzech
- afslutningDanish
- Closure, Hülle, FunktionsabschlussGerman
- clausura, cierreSpanish
- بستارPersian
- lopettaminen, sulkeminen, sulkeuma, sulkija, suljin, ratkaisuFinnish
- fermetureFrench
- dùnadhScottish Gaelic
- lezártHungarian
- lokunIcelandic
- termine, chiusuraItalian
- 閉包, 閉苞, クロージャ, 関数閉包Japanese
- beëindiging, sluiting, afsluitingDutch
- domknięciePolish
- término, encerramento, fecho, finalPortuguese
- închidereRomanian
- закрытие, окончаниеRussian
- avslutning, hölje, avrundningSwedish
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