close
/kloʊz/
#345 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
To move something so it is shut and not open.
Word origin
From Old French clore and Latin claudere, meaning to shut.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- clore
Grammar
Verb typeregular (close, closes, closed, closed)
Examples
Please .
"Close" means to shut something so it is not open.
six evening.
"Closes" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Closed" is the past form of "close".
When you close something, you move it so it is shut and no longer open. We close doors, windows, and books, and a shop closes when it stops work for the day.
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