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What is the noun for closing?

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closure
  1. An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
  2. A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
  3. A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
  4. (programming) 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.
  5. (mathematics) The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
  6. (topology, of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
  7. The act of shutting; a closing.
  8. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
  9. (obsolete) That which encloses or confines; an enclosure.
  10. A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.
  11. Synonyms:
      12. shutdown, stoppage, termination, arrest, closing, discontinuance, discontinuation, ending, halt, arrestment, ceasing, cessation, conclusion, end, surcease, cease, close, closedown, concluding, expiration, finishing, halting, lapse, stop, stopping, check, cutoff, finish, shutoff, cloture, folding, offset, stay, desistance, failure, shutting, closing down, shutting down, winding up, suspension, interruption, finale, completion, break, wind-up, windup, culmination, pause, standstill, wrap-up … more
  12. Examples:
      13. “There would be a need to make up for the three weeks that had been lost following the premature closure of the institution.”
      “If she had apologized, I could have embraced her, and maybe I could have finally had some closure, some semblance of peace with myself.”
      “A red fire hydrant acts as the bottle's closure, a very clever and amusing statement for this particular work of art.”
close
  1. (now rare) An enclosed field.
  2. (Britain) A street that ends in a dead end.
  3. (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
  4. (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
  5. A cathedral close.
  6. (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. conclusion, end, finish, halt, stop, cessation, finale, termination, adjournment, closure, ending, stoppage, completion, culmination, arrest, arrestment, consummation, discontinuance, discontinuation, windup, cease, check, climax, closing, cutoff, denouement, desistance, expiration, resolution, shutdown, surcease, capper, closedown, endgame, finis, homestretch, lapse, period, shutoff, stay, winter, grand finale, wind-up, wrap-up, mop-up, offset, suspension, stopping, interruption, terminus … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “After a rousing encore by the band, the concert would officially come to a close.”
      “Around the bend was a small close of elegant houses.”
closeness
  1. The state of being physically close
  2. The state of being friends
  3. The state of being mean or stingy
  4. The state of being secretive
  5. (mathematics) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph
  6. (archaic) Solitude, seclusion
  7. Synonyms:
      8. adjacency, proximity, propinquity, contiguity, immediacy, vicinity, contact, handiness, nearness, juxtaposition, vicinage, contiguousness, neighbourhood, neighborhood, accessibility, presence, appropinquity, togetherness, availability, convenience, imminence, touching, collocation, company, colligation, abutment, sight, immediate circle, personal space, intimacy, familiarity, inseparability, chumminess, devotion, love, lovingness, belonging, dearness, devotedness, attachment, familiarness, friendship, intimateness, understanding, aroha, tightness, amity, fellow feeling, friendliness … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “He experienced a lack of closeness to his parents during childhood.”
      “Her closeness to her grandmother is revealed through her writings.”
      “Such closeness in style does not give confidence that a subjective closeness in opinion will be avoided.”
close
  1. An end or conclusion.
  2. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
  3. A grapple in wrestling.
  4. (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
  5. (music) A double bar marking the end.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. conclusion, end, finish, halt, stop, cessation, finale, termination, adjournment, closure, ending, stoppage, completion, culmination, arrest, arrestment, consummation, discontinuance, discontinuation, windup, cease, check, climax, closing, cutoff, denouement, desistance, expiration, resolution, shutdown, surcease, capper, closedown, endgame, finis, homestretch, lapse, period, shutoff, stay, winter, grand finale, wind-up, wrap-up, mop-up, offset, suspension, stopping, interruption, terminus … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “After a rousing encore by the band, the concert would officially come to a close.”
      “Around the bend was a small close of elegant houses.”
closer
  1. Someone or something that closes.
  2. Someone or something that concludes.
  3. The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
  4. (baseball) A relief pitcher that specializes in getting the last three outs of the game. See Wikipedia:closer (baseball)
  5. Synonyms:
      6. swan song, conclusion, finale, culmination, windup, finis, coda, farewell, climax, epilog, epilogue, valediction, curtain, adieu, envoi, goodbye, last act, leave-taking, final act, suicide note, end piece, crowning achievement, crowning glory, dying words, famous last words, farewell performance, final appearance, final appearance or performance, final gesture, final performance, last hurrah, last shot, last words, parting song, end, close, finish, ending, closing, consummation, termination, completion, cessation, capper, homestretch, resolution, result, grand finale, bitter end, final scene … more
closing
  1. The act by which something is closed.
  2. The end or conclusion of something
  3. The final procedure in a house sale when documents are signed and recorded.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. conclusion, end, close, finish, ending, finale, consummation, windup, finis, termination, completion, capper, cessation, homestretch, endgame, closure, stop, cease, terminus, wrap-up, wind-up, mop-up, grand finale, stopping point, culmination, resolution, denouement, outcome, epilog, epilogue, last act, final scene, last part, swan song, wrap, climax, coda, consequence, result, payoff, closer, final stage, end-stage, end-stages, bitter end, term, terminal figure, final curtain, blow-off, end result … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “The winner for each is chosen by a popular vote and announced at the closing of the event.”
closeability
  1. Alternative form of closability
closability
  1. The property of being closable.
closedness
  1. The property of being closed.
closenesses
  1. plural of closeness
  2. Synonyms:
      3. adjacencies, proximities, propinquities, contiguities, immediacies, vicinities, contacts, handinesses, nearnesses, juxtapositions, vicinages, contiguousness, neighborhoods, neighbourhoods, accessibilities, presences, appropinquity, togethernesses, availabilities, conveniences, companies, imminences, touchings, sights, collocations, colligations, abutments, intimacies, familiarities, inseparabilities, chumminess, devotions, loves, lovingnesses, belongings, dearnesses, devotednesses, attachments, familiarness, friendships, intimateness, understandings, tightnesses, affinities, affections, relationships, fellowships, rapports, amities … more
closures
  1. plural of closure
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shutdowns, stoppages, termination, arrests, closings, discontinuances, discontinuation, endings, halts, arrestments, ceasings, cessation, conclusions, ends, surceases, closes, closedown, expiration, finishings, haltings, lapses, stops, stoppings, checks, cutoffs, finishes, shutoffs, clotures, foldings, offsets, stays, desistance, failure, shuttings, finality, resolution, completeness, conclusiveness, definiteness, plugs, caps, lids, seals, stoppers, bolts, bungs, cork, latches, blockades, fasteners … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The number of religious secondary schools has fallen from 472 to 380 in 15 years, mainly due to closures and amalgamations.”
      “The job losses are a combined result of school amalgamations, closures and budget shortfalls across both the primary and secondary sector.”
      “Police are warning motorists to expect severe problems with road closures, especially on Friday, and advising people to make other arrangements.”
closings
  1. plural of closing
  2. Synonyms:
      3. conclusions, ends, closes, finishes, endings, finales, consummation, windups, termination, completions, cappers, cessation, homestretches, endgames, closures, stops, termini, wrap-ups, wind-ups, grand finales, culmination, resolution, denouements, expiration, desistance, outcomes, fulfilment, fulfillment, ends of the line, discontinuances, discontinuation, achievement, accomplishments, curtains, consequences, swan songs, adjournments, omegas, execution, stoppages, epilogs, lapses, epilogues, arrestments, periods, cutoffs, shutoffs, payoffs, results, checks … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The judge said the closings would violate existing labor contracts, and that the city's budget cutting plans would have to go to arbitration.”
      “Sebelius went on to say that vaccines, not school closings, need to be the defense against swine flu.”
      “The openings and closings of the episodes are available in textless form as special features.”
closers
  1. plural of closer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. swan songs, conclusions, finales, culmination, windups, codas, farewells, climaxes, epilogs, epilogues, valedictions, curtains, adieux, envois, goodbyes, leave-takings, suicide notes, end pieces, crowning glories, last hurrahs, final curtains, endgames, resolution, wrap-ups, endings, payoffs, outcomes, wind-ups, consummation, ends, denouements, finishes, consequences, blow-offs, results, grand finales, termination, bitter ends, end results, cappers, homestretches, completions, closes, cessation, closings, closures, termini, stops, expiration, ends of the line … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I was hitting against Bruce Sutter, one of the premier closers in the National League.”
      “The question marks are RHPs Matt Anderson and Franklyn German, two fireballing former closers who are at the crossroads of their careers.”
      “Some cases may be sales closers, but there are handy profits available in a gun case display.”
closes
  1. plural of close
  2. Synonyms:
      3. conclusions, ends, finishes, halts, stops, cessation, finales, termination, adjournments, closures, endings, stoppages, completions, culmination, arrests, arrestments, consummation, discontinuances, discontinuation, windups, checks, climaxes, closings, cutoffs, denouements, desistance, expiration, resolution, shutdowns, surceases, cappers, closedown, endgames, homestretches, lapses, periods, shutoffs, stays, winter, grand finales, wind-ups, wrap-ups, courtyards, enclosure, quadrangles, courts, patios, roads, streets, yards … more
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