# closures

Pronunciation: US say "KLOH-zhurz" /ˈkloʊ.ʒɚz/; say "KLOH-zhuhz" UK /ˈkləʊ.ʒə(ɹ)z/, AUS /ˈkləʉ.ʒə(ɹ)z/

## Noun

1. Plural of closure. — plural of closure
   - Simple: Plural of closure. Use this form when you mean more than one.
   - _A wave of bank closures shook the local economy last winter._
   - _Sudden school closures forced parents to scramble for childcare._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of closure. — third-person singular simple present indicative of closure
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of closure. The verb means to stop a debate in a parliament.

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