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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
closing
    adj 1: final or ending; "the closing stages of the election";
           "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of
           the film"; "closing remarks" [ant: opening]
    n 1: the act of closing something [syn: shutting, closing]
         [ant: opening]
    2: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to
       say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing,
       ending]
    3: 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" [syn: closing,
       closure]
    4: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the
       day care center" [syn: closure, closedown, closing,
       shutdown]
    5: a concluding action [syn: completion, culmination,
       closing, windup, mop up]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Close \Close\ (kl[=o]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Closed
   (kl[=o]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Closing.] [From OF. & F. clos,
   p. p. of clore to close, fr. L. claudere; akin to G.
   schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle,
   conclude, sluice. Cf. Clause, n.]
   1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close
      the eyes; to close a door.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to
      close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to
      finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to
      close a course of instruction.
      [1913 Webster]

            One frugal supper did our studies close. --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to
      confine.
      [1913 Webster]

            The depth closed me round about.      --Jonah ii. 5.
      [1913 Webster]

            But now thou dost thyself immure and close
            In some one corner of a feeble heart. --Herbert.
      [1913 Webster]

   A closed sea, a sea within the jurisdiction of some
      particular nation, which controls its navigation.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
closing \closing\ adj.
   final or ending; terminal; as, the closing stages of the
   election; the closing weeks of the year; the closing scene of
   the film; closing remarks. Opposite of opening. [Narrower
   terms: year-end]
   [WordNet 1.5]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
closing \closing\ n.
   1. the act of closing something.

   Syn: shutting.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. the last section of a communication.

   Syn: conclusion, close, ending.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. termination of operations.

   Syn: closure, closedown, shutdown.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   4. a concluding action.

   Syn: completion, culmination, windup, mop up.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   5. (Commerce) the final action in a commercial transaction,
      especially the meeting between buyer and seller (and in
      some cases mortgagee), or their representatives, in a
      transaction for sale of real estate in which all documents
      are signed and all procedures carried out to complete the
      sale; -- called also real estate closing.
      [PJC]

Thesaurus Results for Closing:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abandonment, accommodation, adjustment, arrangement, blockade, breakoff, capping, cease, ceasing, cessation, close, closure, concluding, conclusion, consummative, consummatory, crowning, culminating, culminative, decline, desinence, desistance, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, eventual, final, finish, finishing, hindmost, homestretch, lag, lapse, last lap, last round, last stage, latest, latter, occlusion, perfecting, perfective, period, relinquishment, renunciation, sealing, settlement, shutdown, shutting, shutting up, signature, signing, solemnization, stop, stopping, surcease, terminal, terminating, termination, ultimate
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