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From Middle English closen (“to close, enclose”), from clos (“close, shut up, confined, secret”, adjective), from Old French clos (“close, confined”, adjective), from Latin clausus (“shut up”, past participle), from claudere (“to bar, block, close, enclose, bring an end to, confine”), from Proto-Indo-European *klāw- (“key, hook, nail”), related to Latin clāvis (“key, deadbolt, bar”), clāvus (“nail, peg”), claustrum (“bar, bolt, barrier”), claustra (“dam, wall, barricade, stronghold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κλείς (“bar, bolt, key”), German schließen (“to close, conclude, lock”), Dutch sluiten (“to close, conclude, lock”). Replaced Old English lūcan (“to close, lock, enclose”) and clȳsan (“to close, shut”).

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close (third-person singular simple present closes, present participle closing, simple past and past participle closed)

  1. To obstruct (an opening).
  2. To move so that an opening is closed.
    Close the door behind you when you leave.
    Jim was listening to headphones with his eyes closed.
  3. To put an end to.
    close the session
  4. To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
    The runner in second place is closing the gap on the leader.
  5. (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
  6. (marketing) To make a sale.
  7. (baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
    He has closed the last two games for his team.
  8. (computing) To terminate a computer program or a window or file thereof.
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obstruct (an opening)
move (a door)
put an end to
to make smaller
surveying: to have a vector sum of 0
to make a sale

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close (plural closes)

  1. An end of something.
    We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.
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end of something

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From French clos, from Latin clausum, participle of claudere.

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close (comparative closer, superlative closest)

  1. (now rare) Closed, shut.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew ch. 8:
      There is nothinge so close, that shall not be openned, and nothinge so hyd that shall not be knowen.
  2. At a little distance; near.
    Is your house close?
  3. Intimate; well-loved.
    He is a close friend.
    (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
  4. (Ireland, England, Scotland, weather) hot, humid, with no wind.
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at a little distance
intimate

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close (plural closes)

  1. (now rare) An enclosed field.
  2. (UK) A street that ends in a dead end.
  3. (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
  4. A cathedral close.
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street

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close

  1. first- and third-person singular subjunctive present of clore
  2. feminine of clos

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