Main entry: shutting, closing
Definition: the act of closing something
Antonyms: opening
Definition: the act of opening something
Main entry: closing
Definition: final or ending
Usage: the closing stages of the election; the closing weeks of the year; the closing scene of the film; closing remarks
Antonyms: opening
Definition: first or beginning
Antonyms: first
Definition: preceding all others in time or space or degree
Antonyms: intermediate
Definition: lying between two extremes in time or space or state