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When a place closes or is c_____, work or activity stops there for a short period.When a place closes or is closed, work or activity stops there for a short period.Shops close only on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.It was Saturday; they could close the office early.Government troops closed the airport.The restaurant was closed for the night. verbWhen you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.If you are cold, close the window.Zacharias heard the door close.Keep the curtains closed.When you close something such as an open book or umbrella, you move the different parts of it together.Slowly he closed the book.If you close something such as a computer file or window, you give the computer an instruction to remove it from the screen.To close your document, press CTRL+W on your keyboard.When you close your eyes or your eyes close, your eyelids move downwards, so that you can no longer see.Bess closed her eyes and fell asleep.When we sneeze, our eyes close.When a place closes or is closed, work or activity stops there for a short period.Shops close only on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.It was Saturday; they could close the office early.Government troops closed the airport.The restaurant was closed for the night.If a place such as a factory, shop, or school closes, or if it is closed, all work or activity stops there permanently.Many enterprises will be forced to close.If they do close the local college I'll have to go to Worcester.Minford closed down the business and went into politics.Many of the smaller stores have closed down....the closing of the steelworks.To close a road or border means to block it in order to prevent people from using it.The police had to close the road to traffic.To close a conversation, event, or matter means to bring it to an end or to complete it.DNA tests could close the case.He needs another $30,000 to close the deal.The Prime Minister is said to now consider the matter closed....the closing ceremony of the National Political Conference.If you close a bank account, you take all your money out of it and inform the bank that you will no longer be using the account.He had closed his account with the bank five years earlier.On the stock market or the currency markets, if a share price or a currency closes at a particular value, that is its value at the end of the day's business.Dawson shares closed at 219p, up 5p.The U.S. dollar closed higher in Tokyo today.nounThe close of a period of time or an activity is the end of it. To bring or draw something to a close means to end it.By the close of business, they knew the campaign was a success.Brian's retirement brings to a close a glorious chapter in British football history.As the year draws to a close, the story is changing. A1

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query	When a place closes or is c_____, work or activity stops there for a short period.When a place closes or is closed, work or activity stops there for a short period. Shops close only on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. It was Saturday; they could close the office early. Government troops closed the airport. The restaurant was closed for the night.
word	close
full-definition	verb When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered. If you are cold, close the window. Zacharias heard the door close. Keep the curtains closed. When you close something such as an open book or umbrella, you move the different parts of it together. Slowly he closed the book. If you close something such as a computer file or window, you give the computer an instruction to remove it from the screen. To close your document, press CTRL+W on your keyboard. When you close your eyes or your eyes close, your eyelids move downwards, so that you can no longer see. Bess closed her eyes and fell asleep. When we sneeze, our eyes close. When a place closes or is closed, work or activity stops there for a short period. Shops close only on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. It was Saturday; they could close the office early. Government troops closed the airport. The restaurant was closed for the night. If a place such as a factory, shop, or school closes, or if it is closed, all work or activity stops there permanently. Many enterprises will be forced to close. If they do close the local college I'll have to go to Worcester. Minford closed down the business and went into politics. Many of the smaller stores have closed down. ...the closing of the steelworks. To close a road or border means to block it in order to prevent people from using it. The police had to close the road to traffic. To close a conversation, event, or matter means to bring it to an end or to complete it. DNA tests could close the case. He needs another $30,000 to close the deal. The Prime Minister is said to now consider the matter closed. ...the closing ceremony of the National Political Conference. If you close a bank account, you take all your money out of it and inform the bank that you will no longer be using the account. He had closed his account with the bank five years earlier. On the stock market or the currency markets, if a share price or a currency closes at a particular value, that is its value at the end of the day's business. Dawson shares closed at 219p, up 5p. The U.S. dollar closed higher in Tokyo today. noun The close of a period of time or an activity is the end of it. To bring or draw something to a close means to end it. By the close of business, they knew the campaign was a success. Brian's retirement brings to a close a glorious chapter in British football history. As the year draws to a close, the story is changing.
inflections	closesclosingclosedclosing
cefr-level	A1

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