Wondering how to hyphenate the English word closure? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.
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Approaching a particular destination A coming closer A narrowing of a gap The ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision |
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A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body |
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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 |
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Something settled or resolved The outcome of decision making They finally reached a settlement with the union They never did achieve a final resolution of their differences He needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure |
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An obstruction in a pipe or tube We had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
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The act of blocking |
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Termination of operations They regretted the closure of the day care center |
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Terminate debate by calling for a vote Debate was closured Cloture the discussion |
| noun | closing, approach, approaching, coming |
| noun | cloture, gag rule, gag law, order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure
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| noun | law of closure, Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization
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| noun | settlement, resolution, decision making, deciding |
| noun | blockage, block, occlusion, stop, stoppage, obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta |
| noun | blockage, occlusion, obstruction |
| noun | closedown, closing, shutdown, termination, ending, conclusion |
| verb | cloture, end, terminate |