Kilo Lingo

close

/kloʊz/

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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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This word is part of lesson 7.