Meanings
adjectiveclosed (not comparable)
- Physically obstructed, sealed, etc.
- not comparableMade impassable.
A closed and locked door prevented my escape.
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The channel was closed as a result of thick ice.
- not comparableSealed or covered.
Her eyes were tightly closed.
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Keep this box closed at all times.
When the top sheet, blanket, and bedspread of a closed bed are turned back, or fanfolded, the closed bed becomes an open bed, or a bed ready to receive a patient or resident.
2005, Pamela J. Carter, Susan Lewsen, Lippincott's Textbook for Nursing Assistants, page 277 - not comparablePhysically drawn together, folded or contracted.
a closed fist
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A book lay closed on the table.
- not comparablegas and liquid flowengineeringIn a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
- not comparableNot operating or conducting trade.
Banks are closed on bank holidays.
- not comparableNot public.
closed source a closed committee The bill is being considered by the committee in closed session.
- not comparableOf a competition or tournament: with the competitors restricted to a specific group, such as professionals, amateurs, members or residents.
- not comparableusuallydocumentcomputingNot in current use; not connected to as a resource.
Make sure that all files are closed before you switch off the computer.
- Completed, finalised.
- not comparableSettled; decided or determined; withdrawn from consideration.
This subject is now closed.
- not comparableHaving one end joined to the other, forming a completed loop.
a closed curve, a closed circuit
- not comparablebusinessIn a position allowing electricity to flow.
- not comparablegraph theoryWhose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop.
- not comparablemathematicsHaving an open complement.
- not comparablegeometryLacking a boundary.
- not comparablehuman sciencesFormed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/, and /p/.
- not comparablehuman sciencesHaving the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /ɪ/ in pin.
- not comparableHaving component words joined together without spaces or hyphens; for example, timeslot as opposed to time slot or time-slot.
- especiallynot comparablehobbiesOf a club, bat or other hitting implement; angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- not comparableboard gamesOf a meld; completed without calling another player's discarded tile unless that call would complete the hand.
- not comparableboard gamesOf a hand; completed with all closed melds.
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of close
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of close.
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adjective(set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
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adjectiveused especially of mouth or eyes
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adjectiverequiring union membership
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adjectivewith shutters closed
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adjectivenot open to the general public
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adjectivenot having an open mind
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Translations
Ancient Greek κλειστός
- κλειστός (kleistós)not open
Arabic مُغْلَق, مُغْلَق
- مُغْلَق (muḡlaq)not operating or conducting trade
- مُغْلَق (muḡlaq)not open
Bulgarian затворен, ограничен
- затворен (zatvoren)not operating or conducting trade
- ограничен (ograničen)not public
- затворен (zatvoren)not public
- затворен (zatvoren)having one end joint to the other
- затворен (zatvoren)mathematics: having an open complement
- затворен (zatvoren)mathematics: such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it
- затворен (zatvoren)logic: lacking a free variable
- затворен (zatvoren)geometry: of a surface
- затворен (zatvoren)not open
- затворен (zatvoren)geometry: of a curve
Catalan tancat
- tancatnot open
Chinese Mandarin 關着 /关
- 關着 /关 (guānzhe)not open
Czech zavřený, uzavřený
- zavřenýnot operating or conducting trade
- uzavřenýmathematics: such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it
- uzavřenýlogic: lacking a free variable
- zavřenýnot open
Danish lukket, lukket
- lukketnot operating or conducting trade
- lukketnot public
- lukketnot open
Dutch gesloten, gesloten
- geslotennot public
- geslotennot open
- dichtnot open
- afgeslotennot open
- toenot open
Esperanto fermita, fermita
- fermitamathematics: having an open complement
- fermitamathematics: such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it
- fermitanot open
- fermanot open
Estonian salajane, suletud
- salajanenot public
- suletudnot open
- kinninenot open
Finnish suljettu, kiinni
- suljettunot operating or conducting trade
- kiinninot operating or conducting trade
- salainennot public
- suljettumathematics: having an open complement
- suljettumathematics: such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it
- suljettulogic: lacking a free variable
- suljettunot open
- kiinninot open
French privé, fermé
- privénot public
- ferménot public
- ferménot open
German zu, nicht öffentlich
- zunot operating or conducting trade
- nicht öffentlichnot public
- geschlossennot public
- geschlossennot open
- zunot open
Greek κλειστός
- κλειστός (kleistós)not open
Hebrew סגור, סגורה
- סגור (sagúr)not operating or conducting trade
- סגורה (sgurá)not operating or conducting trade
- סגור (sagúr)not public
- סגורה (sgurá)not public
- סגור (sagúr)not open
- סגורה (sgurá)not open
Hindi बंद
- बंद (band)not open
Hungarian zárva, zárt
- zárvanot operating or conducting trade
- zártnot open
- zárvanot open
Icelandic lokaður
- lokaðurmathematics: such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it
Indonesian tertutup
- tertutupnot open
Irish dúnta, druidte
- dúntanot open
- druidtenot open
- iatanot open
Italian chiuso
- chiusonot open
Japanese 準備中, 閉められた
- 準備中 (junbichū)not open
- 閉められた (shimerareta)not open
Korean 닫은
- 닫은 (dadeun)not open
Latin clausus, opertus
- claususnot open
- opertusnot open
Malay tutup, tertutup
- tutupnot operating or conducting trade
- tertutupnot open
Norwegian stengt, lukket
- stengtnot operating or conducting trade
- lukketnot open
Persian بسته, تعطیل
- بسته (baste)not operating or conducting trade
- تعطیل (ta'til)not operating or conducting trade
- بسته (baste)not open
Polish zamknięty, domknięty
- zamkniętynot operating or conducting trade
- domkniętymathematics: having an open complement
- zamkniętymathematics: such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it
- zamkniętynot open
Portuguese fechado, fechado
- fechadonot operating or conducting trade
- fechadonot public
- fechadonot open
Romanian închis, privat
- închisnot operating or conducting trade
- privatnot public
- închismathematics: such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it
- închisnot open
Russian закры́тый, ограни́ченный
- закры́тый (zakrýtyj)not public
- ограни́ченный (ograníčennyj)not public
- за́мкнутый (zámknutyj)mathematics: having an open complement
- за́мкнутый (zámknutyj)mathematics: such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it
- закры́тый (zakrýtyj)not open
- за́мкнутый (zámknutyj)not open
Slovak zatvorený
- zatvorenýnot open
Spanish cerrado, cerrado
- cerradonot operating or conducting trade
- cerradonot open
Swedish sluten, stängd
- slutennot public
- stängdnot open
- slutennot open
Thai ปิด, ปิด
- ปิด (bpìt)not operating or conducting trade
- ปิด (bpìt)not open
Ukrainian відчи́нений, зачи́нений
- відчи́нений (vidčýnenyj)not operating or conducting trade
- зачи́нений (začýnenyj)not open
- закри́тий (zakrýtyj)not open
- за́мкнений (zámknenyj)not open
Urdu بند
- بند (band)not open
Vietnamese đóng cửa, đóng
- đóng cửanot operating or conducting trade
- đóngnot open
Welsh ar gau, caeedig
- ar gaunot open
- caeedignot open
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with closed
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APA
closed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closed
MLA
“closed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “closed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closed.
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