closing
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of closing something
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
final or ending
the closing stages of the election
Related & opposite
- opening antonym
- final similar to
- terminative similar to
- year-end similar to
Sense 3 noun
the last section of a communication
in conclusion I want to say...
Types & categories
- section hypernym
- anticlimax hyponym
- epilogue hyponym
- epilogue hyponym
- peroration hyponym
- finale hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision
Types & categories
- coming hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
termination of operations
they regretted the closure of the day care center
Types & categories
- ending hypernym
- plant closing hyponym
- bank closing hyponym
- layoff hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
a concluding action
Types & categories
- ending hypernym
- consummation hyponym
- consummation hyponym
- finishing hyponym
- finalization hyponym
- follow-through hyponym
- follow-through hyponym
- graduation hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | opening |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fill up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | opening |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | final |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | terminative |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | year-end |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conclude |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | yarn |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | speech |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | section |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | anticlimax |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | epilogue |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | epilogue |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | peroration |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | finale |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | close up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | coming |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | close up |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ending |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | plant closing |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bank closing |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | layoff |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | fetch up |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | finish |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | finish up |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | climax |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | conclude |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | ending |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | consummation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | consummation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | finishing |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | finalization |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | follow-through |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | follow-through |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | graduation |