Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The end or conclusion.
- noun A meeting for completing a transaction, especially one at which contracts are signed transferring ownership of real estate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective final or ending; terminal; ; the
closing weeks of the year; theclosing scene of the film;closing remarks. Opposite ofopening . - noun the act of closing something.
- noun the last section of a communication.
- noun termination of operations.
- noun a concluding action.
- noun (Commerce) the final action in a commercial transaction, especially the meeting between buyer and seller (and in some cases mortgagee), or their representatives, in a transaction for sale of real estate in which all documents are signed and all procedures carried out to complete the sale; -- called also
real estate closing .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
end orconclusion of something - noun The
final procedure in ahouse sale whendocuments aresigned andrecorded . - adjective Coming after all others.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the last section of a communication
- noun a concluding action
- adjective final or ending
- noun the act of closing something
- noun approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
- noun termination of operations
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Examples
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All I ask in closing is that you agree that amongst all those folks of CI and above that some write off as “wasters” there are commited cops who enjoy the job and just do a different part of it.
Because we want to. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006
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All I can say in closing is i could have done a better job with that alphabet soup Anderson titled Saga of the Seven Suns.
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All I have to say in closing is this: Take the expressions of my great desire for the success and prosperity of this country-grow, prosper and multiply.
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Thus my personal experience of what I call the closing of the Muslim mind involved not only fundamentalist individuals such as Sister Aziza and Boqol Sawm another of my quranic tutors in Kenya, who themselves had been radicalized in Saudi schools, but also non-radical, “regular,” or what some would call “moderate” teachers.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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Thus my personal experience of what I call the closing of the Muslim mind involved not only fundamentalist individuals such as Sister Aziza and Boqol Sawm another of my quranic tutors in Kenya, who themselves had been radicalized in Saudi schools, but also non-radical, “regular,” or what some would call “moderate” teachers.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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Thus my personal experience of what I call the closing of the Muslim mind involved not only fundamentalist individuals such as Sister Aziza and Boqol Sawm another of my quranic tutors in Kenya, who themselves had been radicalized in Saudi schools, but also non-radical, “regular,” or what some would call “moderate” teachers.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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After saying he would not come here, and talking to all the national television shows, he now says that he wants to come here and give what he calls a closing argument to the state Senate.
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He spoke in North Carolina as Mr. Obama was delivering what he called his closing argument in Canton, Ohio.
Make Room at Mount Rushmore? - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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He spoke in North Carolina as Mr. Obama was delivering what he called his closing argument in Canton, Ohio.
Make Room at Mount Rushmore? - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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On the campaign trail, Senator Obama today put the economy at the center of his speeches as he made what he calls his closing argument to voters.
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