Meanings
plural closings
- The act by which something is closed.
openings and closings of doors
- The end or conclusion of something.
the closing of a popular play
- mathematicsIn morphology, the erosion of the dilation of a set.
- not comparablePertaining to the finish or ending of a series of events; occurring at the end or after all others.
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The closing scene of Miller's "Death of a Salesman" cannot but evoke a feeling of deep pathos.
Synonyms: latter
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of close
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePertaining to the finish or ending of a series of events; occurring at the end or after all others.
More synonyms by meaning
nounapproaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian закриване, затваряне
- закриване (zakrivane)end or conclusion
- затваряне (zatvarjane)end or conclusion
- заключи́телен (zaključítelen)coming after all others
- после́ден (posléden)coming after all others
Finnish sulkeminen, sulkeminen
- sulkeminenthe act by which something is closed
- sulkeminenend or conclusion
- lopetusend or conclusion
- päättäminenend or conclusion
- lopettaminenend or conclusion
- allekirjoitusthe final procedure in a house sale
- viimeinencoming after all others
- loppu-coming after all others
French clôture
- clôtureend or conclusion
Hungarian csukódás, záródás
- csukódásthe act by which something is closed
- záródásthe act by which something is closed
- csukásthe act by which something is closed
- becsukásthe act by which something is closed
- zárásend or conclusion
- befejezésend or conclusion
- zárócoming after all others
- lezárócoming after all others
- befejezőcoming after all others
- zár- (as in zárszó)coming after all others
Italian chiusura, chiusura
- chiusurathe act by which something is closed
- chiusuraend or conclusion
- conclusivocoming after all others
- finalecoming after all others
- ultimocoming after all others
Romanian închidere, închidere
- închiderethe act by which something is closed
- închidereend or conclusion
Russian закры́тие, заключи́тельный
- закры́тие (zakrýtije)end or conclusion
- заключи́тельный (zaključítelʹnyj)coming after all others
- после́дний (poslédnij)coming after all others
Spanish cierre, cerramiento
- cierrethe act by which something is closed
- cerramientothe act by which something is closed
- clausuraend or conclusion
- cierreend or conclusion
- cerramientoend or conclusion
- últimocoming after all others
- finalcoming after all others
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with closing
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closing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closing
“closing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “closing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closing.
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