closing

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkləʊzɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkloʊzɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊzɪŋ

closing (plural closings)

1. The act by which something is closed.

   openings and closings of doors

2. The end or conclusion of something.

   the closing of a popular play

3. The final procedure in a house sale, when documents are signed and recorded.
4. (mathematics) In morphology, the erosion of the dilation of a set.

closing (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the finish or ending of a series of events; occurring at the end or after all others.

   I'd like to add some closing words.

   The closing scene of Miller's "Death of a Salesman" cannot but evoke a feeling of deep pathos.

• closing date
• closing speed
• self-closing

closing

1. present participle and gerund of close