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| closed [ klōzd ] |
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1. not open for business: describes a business or institution where work, operation, or trading has temporarily or permanently stopped
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2. denying access: describes a place to which access is denied or through which passage is not permitted
  The road is closed for repairs.
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3. no longer to be discussed: no longer to be discussed or investigated
The subject is closed.
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4. rigidly excluding others' ideas: rejecting the ideas, beliefs, opinions, or influence of others
His mind is closed against all arguments.
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5. not admitting outsiders: allowing no outsiders in, or tending not to meet with outsiders
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6. confidential and private: carried on or conducted in the strictest confidentiality or secrecy
The bill is being considered by the committee in closed session.
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7. mathematics fully enclosing area or volume: describes a curve, especially a circle, that fully encloses an area, or to describe a solid every surface of which is such a curve
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8. grammar having limited number of members: describes a word class that has a limited number of members, e.g. pronouns or conjunctions
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9. phonetics ending in consonant: describes a syllable that ends in a consonant
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