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| Shopping | The largest selection of CLOSING products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| ADJECTIVE | 1 | closing | Final or ending |
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| NOUN | 1 | closing, shutting | The act of closing something |
| 2 | closing, conclusion, end, close, ending | The last section of a communication | |
| 3 | closing, closure | Approaching a particular destination | |
| 4 | closing, closure, closedown, shutdown | Termination of operations | |
| 5 | closing, completion, culmination, windup, mop up | A concluding action |
| Sounds | klow'zihng |
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| Rhymes | abducting, abiding, abounding, and 2057 more rhymes in ihng... |
| Meaning | Final or ending. |
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| Examples | "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks" |
| Contrary | opening |
| Similar | concluding, final, last, terminal; terminative; year-end |
| Meaning | The act of closing something. |
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| Synonyms | shutting |
| Contrary | opening |
| Broader | motion, movement, move, motility |
| Verbs | close; close; close; close; close |
| Meaning | The last section of a communication. |
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| Synonyms | conclusion, end, close, ending |
| Part of | narration, recital, yarn; address, speech |
| Broader | section, subdivision |
| Narrower | anticlimax, bathos; epilogue, epilog; epilogue, epilog; peroration; finale, coda |
| Verbs | close |
| Meaning | Approaching a particular destination. A coming closer. A narrowing of a gap. |
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| Examples | "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision" |
| Synonyms | closure |
| Broader | approach, approaching, coming |
| Verbs | close; close; close |
| Meaning | Termination of operations. |
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| Synonyms | closure, closedown, shutdown |
| Broader | termination, ending, conclusion |
| Narrower | plant closing; bank closing; layoff |
| Verbs | close |
| Meaning | A concluding action. |
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| Synonyms | completion, culmination, windup, mop up |
| Broader | termination, ending, conclusion |
| Narrower | consummation; consummation; finish, finishing; finalization, finalisation; follow-through; follow-through; graduation |
| Verbs | close; close |
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