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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
closed
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a closed circle (=not open to other people)
▪ He didn’t have much experience of life beyond the closed circle of his family.
a private/closed meeting (=that only a few people are allowed to go to)
▪ The senator attended a private meeting with the president.
a road is closed
▪ The mountain road was closed by snow.
closed captioned
closed circuit television
closed economy
closed season
closed shop
closed/shut
▪ All the windows were closed.
have sth open/closed/on etc
▪ I had my eyes half-closed.
▪ Janice likes to have the window open.
▪ She had her back to the door.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
book
▪ Linear preoccupation in the past remains a closed book to modern understanding.
▪ But your own past can be a closed book, even at fourteen.
▪ The kitchenette is a closed book.
▪ The highly organised St Stephen's Society programme which she now leads was at that time a closed book to her!
▪ I tell myself it's a closed book, but my cover story becomes an old man's compensation.
▪ I can not believe that it can be right that this late in the game Poetry is still a closed book.
circle
▪ Again, you will have a closed circle of suspects.
▪ The objectivity of the psychophysical laws - and the escape from the closed circle of experience - is more apparent than real.
▪ It was too much of a closed circle.
circuit
▪ Estimates have now been obtained to install a closed circuit television system in both the Myles Meehan and the Long Gallery.
▪ Not in person, but via a closed circuit television screen that fills an entire wall.
▪ Obtaining the necessary, sometimes expensive, special equipment such as closed circuit television takes time and persistence.
▪ The trial made legal history when child witnesses gave evidence using closed circuit television cameras.
▪ It is a simple closed circuit television system, a video camera photographing a speech being rolled beneath it.
▪ I turned our closed circuit cameras on to the flag-wavers and they appeared on the huge screens above the stage.
class
▪ Since words in the closed class have a syntactic rather than a semantic role in utterances they are also known as function words.
▪ In addition to whole words, the closed class also contains affixes.
▪ Like many distinctions, that between open and closed classes of lexical items is not an absolute one.
▪ However, for the moment we will accept the division of lexical items into open and closed classes.
▪ Stemberger compared the frequencies with which these three types of error occurred with open and closed class lexical items.
▪ This might suggest that the major difficulty with closed class items is that they are harder to access than open class items.
▪ So it seems unlikely that closed class items were more difficult to retrieve than open class items.
▪ Words in the closed class, on the other hand, are used in order to express grammatical relations between words.
door
▪ She clutched the rail to steady herself, reached the deck and went to the closed doors of the lounge.
▪ We think, but we don't really know what they were saying to each other behind closed doors.
▪ Each band was identified only by a number, and they were marked by adjudicators sitting behind closed doors.
▪ A closed door stops draughts spreading the flames, and dramatically slows the progress of a fire.
▪ Now I was standing at the closed door listening to his absence.
▪ In this case, it seems that the DoE will decide behind closed doors.
▪ Conference officials chuckled when they heard Mr Milosevic yelling at Mr Karadzic behind closed doors.
▪ Paige frowned at the closed door.
economy
▪ Czechoslovakia still insists on an inflated hard currency exchange rate which reflects its closed economy.
▪ Consider a simple closed economy with no government.
▪ Stage 1 will tend to be more powerful than in a closed economy.
▪ In a closed economy, it follows that by definition, Investment is seen as an activity of firms.
mind
▪ It is from closed minds that so many social evils flow.
▪ What is vital is that no employer should approach disciplinary problems with a closed mind.
▪ What we seek is merely evidence that Pound didn't go to Sicily with a closed mind.
▪ Openmindedness Open up to the possibility of how closed your mind is A closed mind is a small mind!
▪ A closed mind is when you believe that your way of making profit is superior to everyone else's.
▪ A closed mind is when you consistently believe that you're right and the other person is wrong.
▪ Mirth is one of the gifts of men for it is an opener of the closed mind.
question
▪ Don't ask questions or ask closed questions.
▪ A asks B closed questions, which B tries to answer as expansively as possible.
▪ Many pupils were still asking closed questions that did not encourage or prompt elaborated answers.
▪ In the meantime, closed questions can start us on the path to fuller negotiation.
▪ With closed questions, the researcher has in some way limited the possible responses.
▪ Open and closed questions with a period of miming thrown in.
▪ If some one is: Talking too much, over-disclosing Ask closed questions which require yes, no or one-word answers.
▪ When seeking information, use a closed question for a yes/no answer.
session
▪ As the working party suggested, a section of the Council meeting dealing with private Institute business was held in closed session.
▪ In a closed session, Mr Modrow appealed to the delegates not to allow the party to disintegrate.
▪ They claimed a report advising against fighting a costly appeal with the electricity giant should have been discussed in closed session.
▪ The question of the Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs was discussed in closed session, and their survival was subsequently decided.
▪ The revelation was discussed at closed sessions of the Senate select committee on intelligence, chaired by Democrat David Boren.
set
▪ Systems consist of a very small number of terms which thus constitute closed sets.
▪ Two separate operations are needed to normalise this sentence, one involving closed set items: 8a.
shop
▪ This was not so easy at that time as the crewing arrangements were very much of a closed shop.
▪ It was the last closed shop in Britain, he said, and it had to go.
▪ The production unions' success had various causes, including an effective closed shop and weak newspaper managements.
▪ Mr Fowler said it was an historic step, because the closed shop had existed for more than 100 years.
▪ Therefore, your club must not be a closed shop.
▪ The closed shop and the wildcat strike have undermined the legitimacy of modern trade unionism.
▪ Their purpose was to weaken the closed shop and to outlaw secondary picketing.
▪ Tebbit found himself unable to outlaw the closed shop entirely.
system
▪ A closed system is a system in which there is no net gain or loss of matter in the system.
▪ In closed systems the fear of being considered faint-hearted, or uninvolved, or unsupportive prevents such doubts being voiced at all.
▪ The attraction of their closed system was considerable.
▪ This says that in any closed system disorder, or entropy, always increases with time.
▪ The closed system is thus characteristic of grammar, the open set of lexis.
world
▪ This is especially true of elderly people in mental handicap hospitals who have lived in a closed world all their lives.
▪ We are a closed world, having little contact with Federation authority.
▪ Such contact can often help individuals to move out of their own, often closed world of despair.
▪ For the public, a rare glimpse into a closed world.
▪ Many social scientists have found the closed world of political extremists to be an exotic topic of study.
▪ Sky, clouds, then down into the closed world of water sound distortion.
▪ To be a true professional, you had to live in a closed world.
▪ Everyone in the galaxy, probably even in the closed worlds, knows what those colours mean.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a closed book
▪ But your own past can be a closed book, even at fourteen.
▪ He is holding a closed book, signifying a mystery, possibly a stage in the alchemical process.
▪ I can not believe that it can be right that this late in the game Poetry is still a closed book.
▪ I tell myself it's a closed book, but my cover story becomes an old man's compensation.
▪ Linear preoccupation in the past remains a closed book to modern understanding.
▪ The highly organised St Stephen's Society programme which she now leads was at that time a closed book to her!
▪ The kitchenette is a closed book.
▪ The Shoah will never be a closed book.
be closed
▪ As far as I am concerned, the matter is closed.
▪ The ticket office was closed.
▪ Until we can talk about this in a civil manner, I consider the discussion closed.
▪ Course all the stores are closed now.
▪ For insurance reasons, the course will be closed to automobile traffic.
▪ Muzi Ford in Needham was closed.
▪ Roads were closed and eight ambulances stood by as the cloud drifted towards the villages of Wincham and Lostock Gralam.
▪ The A55 Conwy tunnel was closed for more than an hour.
▪ The National University was closed four years ago by the army.
▪ The period should be closed so that actual expenditures as they occurred are stated in this column. 2.
▪ The Ptarmigan was closed, and so I walked down beneath the ski-tow towards the road.
can do sth with your eyes shut/closed
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Community leaders are having a closed meeting with the mayor.
▪ During the period of the Cold War, many Communist countries were virtually closed societies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Again, you will have a closed circle of suspects.
▪ Her eyes kept flickering shut, though, and they finally stayed closed as she gently snoozed.
▪ Many social scientists have found the closed world of political extremists to be an exotic topic of study.
▪ Stepping towards the opponent's closed side provides fewer targets, though it does succeed in preventing an immediate, effective counter.
▪ The Macintosh, on the other hand, uses the Motorola 68000 and was designed as a closed architecture.
▪ We think, but we don't really know what they were saying to each other behind closed doors.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
closed

buttoned \buttoned\ adj. furnished with buttons or something buttonlike. Opposite of unbuttoned. [Narrower terms: botonee, botonnee; button-down; closed]

closed

closed \closed\ adj.

  1. having an opening obstructed. [Narrower terms: blind] Also See: obstructed, sealed, shut, unopen, closed. Antonym: open.

  2. (Math.) of a curve or surface: having no end points or boundary curves; of a set: having members that can be produced by a specific operation on other members of the same set; of an interval: containing both its endpoints. open

  3. Being in a position to obstruct an opening; -- especially of doors. [Narrower terms: fastened, latched] Also See: closed. Antonym: open.

    Syn: shut, unopen.

  4. having skin drawn so as to obstruct the opening; -- used of mouth or eyes. Opposite of open. he sat quietly with closed eyes [Narrower terms: blinking, winking; compressed, tight; squinched, squinting]

    Syn: shut.

  5. requiring union membership; -- of a workplace; as, a closed shop. [prenominal]

  6. closed with shutters.

  7. hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot.

  8. not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting.

  9. unsympathetic; -- of a person's attitude. a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas

  10. surrounded by walls. a closed porch

    Syn: closed in(predicate).

  11. made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed map.

    Syn: folded.

  12. closed or fastened with or as if with buttons. [Narrower terms: buttoned (vs. unbuttoned)]

  13. not engaged in activity; -- of an organization or business establishment. the airport is closed because of the weather; the many closed shops and factories made the town look deserted

    Syn: shut down.

closed

folded \folded\ adj. made compact by bending or doubling over. [Narrower terms: accordion, plicate ; {bifold ; {closed ; {doubled ; {pleated ; {rolled, rolled-up(prenominal) ; {sunburst, sunray .] Also See: {collapsible, collapsable. Antonym: unfolded

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
closed

c.1200, past participle adjective from close (v.). Closed circuit is attested from 1827; closed shop in union sense from 1904; closed system first recorded 1896 in William James.

Wiktionary
closed

  1. 1 sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open 2 (context of a store or business English) Not operating or conducting trade 3 Not public. 4 (context topology of a set English) Having an open complement. 5 (context mathematics of a set English) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it. 6 (context mathematics logic of a formula English) lack a free variable. v

  2. (en-past of: close)

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WordNet
closed

  1. adj. not open or affording passage or access; "the many closed streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains" [ant: open]

  2. of a curve or surface; having no end points or boundary curves; of a set; having members that can be produced by a specific operation on other members of the same set; of an interval; containing both its endpoints [ant: open]

  3. not open; "the door slammed shut" [syn: shut, unopen] [ant: open]

  4. used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight" [syn: shut] [ant: open]

  5. requiring union membership; "a closed shop" [syn: closed(a)]

  6. with shutters closed

  7. not open to the general public; "a closed meeting"

  8. not having an open mind; "a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas" [syn: unsympathetic]

  9. blocked against entry; "a closed porch" [syn: closed in(p)]

  10. (of the wings of birds and insects) closed together

  11. shut down; "the airport is closed because of the weather"; "the many closed shops and factories made the town look deserted"

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Wikipedia
Closed (poker)

In the game of poker, a betting round is said to be closed if no player will have the right to raise in the round. Normally this occurs when a player calls, and the next player whose turn it is to act is the one who made the last raise, so he cannot raise further (this ends the betting round). The round can also said to be closed before it has actually ended if there are still players remaining to act, but they will not be entitled to raise either because the last raise was a sub-minimum all-in raise (see poker table stakes rules) or because the limit ("cap") on allowed raises has been reached.

The term is also used to describe a category of poker game in which no cards held by individual players are visible to any other player before the showdown. Most forms of draw poker are closed games (draw games with a rollout are an exception). Most forms of stud poker, in contrast, are open games, because some players' cards are dealt face up or are exposed during play (blind stud games are an exception). Most community card poker games like Texas hold 'em are considered closed as well, because the only cards exposed before showdown belong to everyone; the individual players' cards are never seen until showdown.

Closed

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Closed may refer to:

  • Closed (poker), a betting round where no player will have the right to raise
  • Closed (album), 2010 album by Bomb Factory
  • Closed GmbH, German fashion brand
Closed (album)

Closed is the sixth full-length album by punk rock band Bomb Factory. It was released in December 2010 on Monstar Records, and contains 11 songs.

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Usage examples of "closed".

Soyana corporation back in 2058, and they made a great deal of money from selling bonded servitors before the worsening social and religious situation on Earth virtually closed down the market.

Through thirteen days of furious debate behind closed doors, Adams could only watch and listen.

Farr had closed his eyes he might have imagined he was listening to an old, time-beaten man like Adda rather than a boy at the start of his life.

Ahenobarbus have the Adriatic closed and Brundisium under blockade, so it will be Patiscus, Parmensis and Turullius in charge of maritime operations around Neapolis.

Caution faded to nothing as he closed on afterburner and ignored his low-fuel state light.

The last course that I heard from Agassiz in Cambridge began on October 23, 1867, and closed on January 11, 1868.

Like the Airedale terrier his curly hair made him resemble, whose jaws closed upon prey and locked, not letting go until one of them was dead, Richie would not so easily give up his original idea.

It was an unusual experience, for she had always had the knack for getting women to open up, but Kitty was closed to the subject of what had gone on at the Albany courthouse.

London air and I half closed my eyes as I followed the tingle all the way down to my lungs.

Hands were clutching at the garments of the dazed Mattenbaal when the armored Anakim closed in around him, beat the mob back with bowstaves and spear shafts, and hustled the priest away.

The door swung silently closed and Andi stepped away from the door to enjoy the moment of sunshine.

Lena held out her arms and Andi collapsed beside her, eyes closed, wishing she could cry.

Madame Angelin quivered and closed her eyes as if to escape the spectacle of all the terrifying things that she evoked, the wretchedness, the shame, the crimes that she elbowed during her continual perambulations through that hell of poverty, vice, and hunger.

Still in silence, he watched Madame Angelin as she closed it, slipped its little chain round her wrist, and then finally rose from her chair.

Nom Anor opened his mouth, took a breath, started to say something, changed his mind, started to say something else--then closed it again.