# closing

Pronunciation: say "KLOH-zing" US /ˈkloʊzɪŋ/, UK /ˈkləʊzɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Coming at the end of a series of events, or happening after everything else.
   - Simple: Coming at the very end of something, after all the other parts.
   - _The senator delivered her closing remarks just before the vote._
   - _Both sides presented their closing arguments to the jury on Friday._

## Noun

2. The end or final part of something.
   - Simple: The point where something comes to an end.
   - _The closing of the ceremony featured a moving tribute to the founders._
   - _Toward the closing of the season, attendance had dropped sharply._
4. The act by which something is shut or brought to a conclusion.
   - Simple: The act of shutting something or bringing it to an end.
   - _Residents protested the closing of the neighborhood library._
   - _The closing of the border halted trade for several days._
5. The final stage of a home sale, when the documents are signed and officially recorded.
   - Simple: The last step in buying a house, when the papers are signed and made official.
   - _Delays in the mortgage approval pushed the closing back two weeks._
   - _She brought a certified check to the closing as her agent advised._
6. In mathematical morphology, the result of dilating a set and then eroding the result with the same structuring element.
   - Simple: In math, a step that first grows a shape, then shrinks it back, to fill small gaps.
   - _The closing removed dark spots smaller than the structuring element._
   - _Engineers used a closing to bridge the narrow gaps between detected regions._

## Verb

3. Present participle and gerund of close. — present participle and gerund of close
   - Simple: Present participle of close. Use this -ing form for something shutting or ending now.
   - _The old mill is closing after a century of operation._
   - _Closing the negotiations early disappointed several investors._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/closing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).