noun
closure
KLOH-zhuh
noun
1
The permanent or temporary shutting of a place or operation.
"The factory closure put two hundred people out of work."
2
A feeling of emotional resolution after a difficult experience.
"Attending the trial gave the family a sense of closure years after the crime."
3
A fastener or device that seals something shut, such as a bottle cap.
"The bottle uses a simple screw-top closure."
How to Use Closure
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomething coming to a definite end — a shop shutting down, a case being resolved, or the emotional sense of moving on.
Common pairings
emotional closure
store closure
seek closure
Word Forms
closured past tense, closures plural, closures singular
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Etymology
From Old French closure, going back to Latin claudere, "to close" — a doublet of "clause" and "cloture."