closure

US: /ˈkɫoʊʒɝ/
UK: /klˈə‍ʊʒɐ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


closure /'klouʤə/
  • danh từ
    • sự bế mạc (phiên họp)
    • sự kết thúc (cuộc thảo luận) bằng cách cho biểu quyết
    • sự đóng kín
    • ngoại động từ
      • kết thúc (cuộc thảo luận) bằng cách cho biểu quyết

    Advanced English dictionary


    + noun [C, U]
    1 the situation when a factory, school, hospital, etc. shuts permanently: factory closures + The hospital has been threatened with closure. + Spending cuts could mean the closure of the village school.
    2 the temporary closing of a road or bridge: There will be road closures and diversions in the area from 8 p.m.

    Collocation dictionary


    ADJ.

    complete, total
    The accident caused the complete closure of the road.
    | partial | immediate | eventual | permanent, temporary | indefinite | planned, possible, proposed, threatened | enforced | factory, hospital, pit, road, school, etc.

    VERB + CLOSURE

    be earmarked for, be threatened with, face
    Several schools face eventual closure.
    | cause, force
    Imposing higher taxes would force the closure of many bookshops.
    | prevent, save sth from, stop
    The mine has been saved from closure.

    CLOSURE + NOUN

    plan, programme | order

    PHRASES

    (be) under threat of closure


    Concise English dictionary


    closures|closured|closuring'kləʊʒə
    noun
    +approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
    +a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
    +a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
    +something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
    +an obstruction in a pipe or tube
    +the act of blocking
    +termination of operations
    verb
    +terminate debate by calling for a vote