Close Definition
- termination
- conclusion
- ending
- adjournment
- stopping point
- finis
- finale
- last
- finish
- closing
- end
- closing curtain
- breakoff
- yard
- vicinity
- To make a final effort regarding (something); bring to a conclusion:
closed the book on her career with a fine performance.
- So as to affect one's feelings or interests:
Her comment hit close to home.
- At a close angle into the direction from which the wind is blowing:
sailing close to the wind.
- nearby; close at hand
- heading as closely as possible in the direction from which the wind is blowing
- barely avoiding what is unlawful
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Close
Origin of Close
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From Middle English closen (“to close, enclose”), partly continuing (in altered form) earlier Middle English clusen ("to close"; from Old English clȳsan (“to close, shut”); compare beclose, forclose, etc.); and partly derived from the Middle English adjective clos (“close, shut up, confined, secret”), 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 (kleis, “bar, bolt, key”), German schließen (“to close, conclude, lock”), Dutch sluiten (“to close, conclude, lock”). Replaced Old English lūcan (“to close, lock, enclose”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English clos closed from Old French from Latin clausus past participle of claudere to close V., from Middle English closen from Old French clore clos- from Latin claudere
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French clos, from Latin clausum, participle of claudo.
From Wiktionary
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