Main Entry:

clo·sure

Pronunciation:

\ˈklō-zhər\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin clausura, from clausus, past participle of claudere to close — more at close

Date:

14th century

1archaic : means of enclosing : enclosure2: an act of closing : the condition of being closed <closure of the eyelids> <business closures>3: something that closes <pocket with zipper closure>4 [translation of French clôture] : cloture5: the property that a number system or a set has when it is mathematically closed under an operation6: a set that consists of a given set together with all the limit points of that set7: an often comforting or satisfying sense of finality <victims needing closure> ; also : something (as a satisfying ending) that provides such a sense