Synonyms: closedown, closing, closure, shutdown
Definition: termination of operations
Usage: they regretted the closure of the day care center
Similar words: termination, conclusion, ending
Definition: the act of ending something
Usage: the termination of the agreement
Definition: approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
Usage: the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision
Similar words: coming, approach, approaching
Definition: the act of drawing spatially closer to something
Usage: the hunter's approach scattered the geese
Synonyms: occlusion, closure, blockage
Definition: the act of blocking
Synonyms: block, blockage, closure, stop, stoppage, occlusion
Definition: an obstruction in a pipe or tube
Usage: we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
Similar words: obstructer, obstruction, obstructor, impediment, impedimenta
Definition: any structure that makes progress difficult
Synonyms: closure, settlement, resolution
Definition: something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
Usage: 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
Similar words: deciding, decision making
Definition: the cognitive process of reaching a decision
Usage: a good executive must be good at decision making
Synonyms: law of closure, closure
Definition: 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
Similar words: Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization
Definition: a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization
Synonyms: closure, cloture, gag law, gag rule
Definition: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
Similar words: rules of order, order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure
Definition: a body of rules followed by an assembly
Definition: terminate debate by calling for a vote
Usage: debate was closured; cloture the discussion
Definition: bring to an end or halt
Usage: She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime; The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I