[ˈkləʊʒ(j)ə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act or process of closing something, especially an institution, thoroughfare, or frontier, or of being closed
(e.g: hospitals that face closure)

- (in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote
(e.g: a closure motion)

- a sense of resolution or conclusion at the end of an artistic work
(e.g: he brings modernistic closure to his narrative)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin clausura, from claus- ‘closed’, from the verb claudere

[ˈkləʊʒ(j)ə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- apply the closure to (a debate or speaker) in a legislative assembly


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin clausura, from claus- ‘closed’, from the verb claudere