closure
An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
Noun 4 meanings
An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
“to find emotional closure”
A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.
Verb 1 meaning
To end the parliamentary debate on (an issue) by closure.
Etymology
From Middle English closure, from Old French closure, from Late Latin clausura, from Latin claudere (“to close”); see clausure and cloture (etymological doublets) and close.
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CLOSURE at a glance
CLOSURE has 7 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (C 3 + L 1 + O 1 + S 1 + U 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,848 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with closure
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