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say it: KLOH-zhur
closure is a noun and verb meaning "approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap". It is pronounced /ˈkloʊʒɚ/ — KLOH-zhur. It carries 8 recorded senses.
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
“they finally reached a settlement with the union”
“they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences”
“he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure”
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
“we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe”
the act of blocking
termination of operations
“they regretted the closure of the day care center”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for closure come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.