closing

Definition

  • noun: a situation or occurrence in which a business or organization shuts down and stops its operations
  • noun: a concluding part (as of a speech)
  • synonyms: terminal, shutting, conclusion

Examples

  • “Thank you all for your help, and for making the fair such a big success,” she said 'in closing'.

  • We're 'closing out' our entire stock of children's clothing! Come and pick up some bargains!

  • Researchers are 'closing in on' [=they are close to finding] a cure for the disease.

Movie quotes

  • (..) on Skynet Central back online. l want our aircraft in the sky immediately. Sir. Sir, we've got a bogey with a very large radar signature... ...closing in on our position. Losenko? We have destroyed ourselves. Skynet tracked our signal. We led them straight to us. Our best machines had failed (..)
    2009 Terminator Salvation