close in English: To move something so it is shut and not open. (verb)

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

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"Close" means to shut something so it is not open.

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"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.

Related words

open

To move something so that it is no longer shut.

door

The flat part you open and close to go into or out of a room, building, or car.

window

A hole in a wall, filled with glass, that lets in light and that you can see through.

shut

To close something so it is no longer open.

end

The last part of something, or the place where it stops.

approach

To come closer to a person, a place or a time.

block

To stop someone or something from getting past.

cancel

To say that a plan or an event will not happen after all. American English writes canceled and canceling with one l.

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