• termination of operations; "they regretted the Closure of the day care center"
• 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"
• the act of blocking
• an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
• something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "the 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"
• 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
• a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
• terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was Closured"; "cloture the discussion"

'Closure' in other languages