n. termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center"

n. approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision"

n. the act of blocking

n. something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"

n. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric

n. [the act of closing]

v. terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"

n. the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"

n. the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"

n. the thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago"

n. deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature; "the determination of grammatical inflections"

n. a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

n. the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"

n. [the act of making or becoming open]