English adjective: closing | |||
1. | closing final or ending | ||
Samples | The closing stages of the election. The closing weeks of the year. The closing scene of the film. Closing remarks. | ||
Similar | concluding, final, last, terminal, terminative, year-end | ||
Antonyms | opening | ||
English noun: closing | |||
1. | closing (act) the act of closing something | ||
Synonyms | shutting | ||
Broader (hypernym) | motility, motion, move, movement | ||
Antonyms | opening | ||
2. | closing (communication) the last section of a communication | ||
Samples | In conclusion I want to say.... | ||
Synonyms | close, conclusion, end, ending | ||
Broader (hypernym) | section, subdivision | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anticlimax, bathos, coda, epilog, epilog, epilogue, epilogue, finale, peroration | ||
Part meronym | address, narration, recital, speech, yarn | ||
3. | closing (act) approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap | ||
Samples | The ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision. | ||
Synonyms | closure | ||
Broader (hypernym) | approach, approaching, coming | ||
4. | closing (act) termination of operations | ||
Samples | They regretted the closure of the day care center. | ||
Synonyms | closedown, closure, shutdown | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conclusion, ending, termination | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bank closing, layoff, plant closing | ||
5. | closing (act) a concluding action | ||
Synonyms | completion, culmination, mop up, windup | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conclusion, ending, termination | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | consummation, consummation, finalisation, finalization, finish, finishing, follow-through, follow-through, graduation | ||