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| Main Entry: |
closure
 [kloh-zher] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion |
| Synonyms: | cease, cessation, close, closing, desistance, end, ending, finish, stop, stoppage, termination |
| Antonyms: | beginning, introduction, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | closure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
airtight, caecal, closed, hermetically sealed, impassable, impenetrable, imperforate, impermeable, impervious, imporous, indehiscent, invious, operculated, pathless, shut, snug, tight, unopened, unpassable, unpierced, untrodden, unventilated, watertight
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| Concept: | Closure. |
| Category: | 3. Superficial form |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
closure, occlusion, blockade; shutting up; obstruction (hindrance); embolus; contraction; infarction; constipation, obstipation; blind alley, blind corner; keddah; cul-de-sac, caecum; imperforation, imperviousness; impermeability; stopper.
-verbs
close, occlude, plug; block up, stop up, fill up, bung up, cork up, button up, stuff up, shut up, dam up; blockade, obstruct (hinder); bar, bolt, stop, seal, plumb; choke, throttle; ram down, dam, cram; trap, clinch; put to the door, shut the door.
-adjectives
closed; shut, operculated; unopened., unpierced, imporous, caecal; closable; imperforate, inpervious, impermeable; impenetrable; unpassable, impassable; invious; pathless, wayless; untrodden., unventilated; airtight, watertight; hermetically sealed; tight, snug.
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| Antonyms: | opening |
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Example Sentences
- Forty-one graduate and undergraduate programs were slated for closure at the outset.
- Traffic plummeted, leading to the site's closure this week.
- Both countries and their people turned much poorer when the rich were killed through closure or nationalization.
| Main Entry: | blockade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrier |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, blank wall, clog, closure, embolus, encirclement, hindrance, impediment, infarct, infarction, obstacle, obstruction, restriction, roadblock, siege, snag, stop, stoppage, wall |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | conclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
| Synonyms: | cease, cessation, close, closure, completion, consequence, culmination, denouement, desistance, development, end of the line, ending, eventuality, finale, finish, issue, outcome, payoff, period, result, stop, termination, upshot, windup, wrap |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, introduction, preface, prelude, start |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | completion, stop |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, bottom line, cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, conclusion, consequence, consummation, culmination, curtain, denouement, desistance, desuetude, determination, discontinuance, execution, expiration, expiry, finale, finis, finish, fulfillment, issue, last word, omega, outcome, payoff, perfection, realization, resolution, result, retirement, sign-off, target, termination, terminus, upshot, windup, wrap-up |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | ending |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion |
| Synonyms: | catastrophe, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, consummation, coup de grace, culmination, denouement, desistance, dissolution, epilogue, expiration, finale, finish, lapse, omega, outcome, period, resolution, stop, summation, swan song, termination, terminus, upshot, wane, windup |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, introduction, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | occlusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction |
| Synonyms: | barricade, barrier, block, blockage, blocking, closure, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | period |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending |
| Synonyms: | cessation, close, closing, closure, conclusion, discontinuance, end, limit, stop, termination |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
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