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Vinony

closed

adjective

  1. inaccessible, not open
  2. blocking passage
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kləʊzd/ / /kloʊzd/

adj

  1. Physically obstructed, sealed, etc.

    “A closed and locked door prevented my escape.”

    “The channel was closed as a result of thick ice.”

  2. Physically obstructed, sealed, etc.

    “Her eyes were tightly closed.”

    “Keep this box closed at all times.”

  3. Physically obstructed, sealed, etc.

    “A book lay closed on the table.”

    “a closed fist”

  4. Physically obstructed, sealed, etc.
  5. Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.

    “Phone lines are now closed.”

  6. Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.

    “Banks are closed on bank holidays.”

  7. Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.

    “The museum is closed for the Christmas holidays.”

  8. Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.

    “He is closed to new ideas.”

  9. Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.

    “closed source  a closed committee  The bill is being considered by the committee in closed session.”

  10. Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
  11. Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.

    “Make sure that all files are closed before you switch off the computer.”

  12. Completed, finalised.

    “This subject is now closed.”

  13. Completed, finalised.

    “a closed curve, a closed circuit”

  14. Completed, finalised.
  15. Completed, finalised.
  16. Having an open complement.
  17. Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.

    “The set of integers is closed under addition: #92;forallx,y#92;in#92;mathbb#123;Z#125;,#92;,x#43;y#92;in#92;mathbb#123;Z#125;.”

  18. Lacking a free variable.
  19. Lacking endpoints. For parametric curves, with the same image for the ends of the domain.
  20. Lacking a boundary.
  21. Formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/, and /p/.
  22. Having the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /ɪ/ in pin.
  23. Having component words joined together without spaces or hyphens; for example, timeslot as opposed to time slot or time-slot.
  24. Synonym of close.
  25. Of a club, bat or other hitting implement; angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of close