English-Thai Dictionary

closure

N การ จบ  การยุติ  การ สิ้นสุด  end finish kan-job

 

closure

N การ ปิด  closing kan-bid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLOSURE

n. 1. The act of shutting; a closing.
2. That which closes, or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or made to adhere.
3. Inclosure; that which confines.
4. Conclusion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CLOSURE

Clo "sure (, 135 ), n. Etym: [Of. closure, L. clausura, fr. clauedere to shut. See Close, v. t.]

 

1. The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

 

2. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed. Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever. Pope.

 

3. That which incloses or confines; an inclosure. O thou bloody prison. .. Within the guilty closure of thy walls Richard the Second here was hacked to death. Shak.

 

4. A conclusion; an end. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

5. (Parliamentary Practice )

 

Defn: A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word clôture was originally applied to this proceeding.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

closure

clo sure |ˈklōZHər ˈkloʊʒər | ▶noun 1 the act or process of closing something, esp. an institution, thoroughfare, or frontier, or of being closed: hospitals that face closure | road closures. • a thing that closes or seals something, such as a cap or zipper. 2 a sense of resolution or conclusion at the end of an artistic work: he brings modernistic closure to his narrative. • a feeling that an emotional or traumatic experience has been resolved: I am desperately trying to reach closure but I don't know how to do it without answers from him. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin clausura, from claus- ‘closed, ’ from the verb claudere.

 

Oxford Dictionary

closure

clos ¦ure |ˈkləʊʒə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 an act or process of closing something, especially an institution, thoroughfare, or frontier, or of being closed: hospitals that face closure | [ count noun ] : road closures. • [ count noun ] a thing that closes or seals something, such as a cap or tie. 2 (in a legislative assembly ) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote: [ as modifier ] : a closure motion. 3 a sense of resolution or conclusion at the end of an artistic work: he brings modernistic closure to his narrative. a feeling that an emotional or traumatic experience has been resolved: I am desperately trying to reach closure but I don't know how to do it without answers from him. ▶verb [ with obj. ] apply the closure to (a debate or speaker ) in a legislative assembly. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin clausura, from claus- ‘closed ’, from the verb claudere.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

closure

closure noun the closure of rural schools: closing down, shutdown; termination, discontinuation, cessation, finish, conclusion; failure; informal folding.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

closure

closure noun the closure of rural schools: closing down, shutting down, shutdown, winding up; termination, discontinuation, discontinuance, cessation, finish, finishing, conclusion, concluding, stoppage, stopping, halting, ceasing; failure; informal folding.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

closure

clo sure /klóʊʒə r /名詞 1 U C (工場 学校などの )閉鎖 ; 閉店, 休業 ; (道路などの )一時的な閉鎖 .2 U C 終止, 終結 ; 終わり .3 C U ｟英 ｠(議会の )討論終結 (｟米 ｠cloture ).4 C (容器の )ふた .動詞 他動詞 ｟英 ｠…の討論を終結させる .