n.
1.approaching a particular destination
2.a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
3.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
4.something settled or resolved
5.an obstruction in a pipe or tube
6.the act of blocking
7.termination of operations closure v.
1.terminate debate by calling for a vote
Idiom of the Day
fight against time
to hurry to do something quickly, a fight to do something quickly
The rescue party was fighting against time to save the men who were trapped in the coal mine.