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closed

[ klohzd ]

adjective

  1. having or forming a boundary or barrier:

    He was blocked by a closed door.

    The house had a closed porch.

  2. brought to a close; concluded:

    It was a closed incident with no repercussions.

  3. not public; restricted; exclusive:

    a closed meeting;

    a closed bid at a private auction.

  4. not open to new ideas or arguments.
  5. self-contained; independent or self-sufficient:

    a closed, symbiotic relationship.

  6. Phonetics. (of a syllable) ending with a consonant or a consonant cluster, as has, hasp. Compare open ( def 35b ).
  7. Linguistics. (of a class of items) limited in membership and not readily expanded to include new items, as the class of inflectional affixes, articles, pronouns, or auxiliaries ( open, def 36 ).
  8. Hunting, Angling. restricted as to the kind of game that may be legally taken and as to where or when it may be taken:

    woods closed to deer hunters.

  9. Mathematics.
    1. (of a set in which a combining operation between members of the set is defined) such that performing the operation between members of the set produces a member of the set, as multiplication in the set of integers.
    2. (of an interval) containing both of its endpoints.
    3. (of a map from one topological space to another) having the property that the image of a closed set is a closed set.
    4. (of a curve) not having endpoints; enclosing an area.
    5. (of a surface) enclosing a volume.
    6. (of a function or operator) having as its graph a closed set.


closed

/ əʊ /

adjective

  1. blocked against entry; shut
  2. restricted; exclusive
  3. not open to question or debate
  4. (of a hunting season, etc) close
  5. maths
    1. (of a curve or surface) completely enclosing an area or volume
    2. (of a set) having members that can be produced by a specific operation on other members of the same set

      the integers are a closed set under multiplication

  6. Alsochecked phonetics
    1. denoting a syllable that ends in a consonant
    2. another word for close 1
  7. not open to public entry or membership

    the closed society of publishing

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • 󲹱-Dz adjective
  • i·Dz adjective
  • ɱ-Dz adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of closed1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English; close, -ed 2
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Example Sentences

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In a since-deleted Facebook post, the farm team said they had closed the feeding experiences "due to unforeseen circumstances" and apologised to people who had booked, adding a full refund could be obtained.

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Judge Everett said: "I'm glad it's closed. One can only hope that places like that are never ever opened again."

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But behind closed doors it has accommodated some of Ankara's demands.

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As a result, libraries, nonurgent health clinics and parks are closed.

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Upton Lane remains closed both ways between Kitchener Road and Chaucer Road.

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