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Closed

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Adjective

1. closed

not open or affording passage or access

Example Sentences:
'the many closed streets made travel difficult'
'our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains'

2. closed

(set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints

3. closed, shut, unopen

not open

Example Sentences:
'the door slammed shut'

4. closed, shut

used especially of mouth or eyes

Example Sentences:
'he sat quietly with closed eyes'
'his eyes were shut against the sunlight'

5. closed

requiring union membership

Example Sentences:
'a closed shop'

6. closed

with shutters closed

7. closed

not open to the general public

Example Sentences:
'a closed meeting'

8. closed, unsympathetic

not having an open mind

Example Sentences:
'a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas'

9. closed, closed in

blocked against entry

Example Sentences:
'a closed porch'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Closed

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adjective
1. 
blocked against entry; shut
2. 
restricted; exclusive
3. 
not open to question or debate
4. 
(of a hunting season, etc) close
5. mathematics
a. 
(of a curve or surface) completely enclosing an area or volume
b. 
(of a set) having members that can be produced by a specific operation on other members of the same set
the integers are a closed set under multiplication
6. Also: checked phonetics
a. 
denoting a syllable that ends in a consonant
b.  another word for close1 (sense 21)
7. 
not open to public entry or membership
the closed society of publishing

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Closed

see synonyms of closed
adjective
1. 
not open; shut
a closed door
2. 
covered over or enclosed
a closed wagon
3. 
functioning independently; self-sufficient
a closed economic system
4. 
not receptive to new or different ideas
a closed mind
5. 
not open to further analysis or debate
a closed question
6. 
restricted to certain individuals; exclusive
a closed society
7.  Ancient Mathematics
a. 
of or pertaining to a curve with no end points
b. 
of a surface whose plane sections are closed curves
c. 
of a set in which an operation on pairs of its elements always produces an element of the set
d. 
of a set of points containing all its limit points, as the set of points on and within a circle: complementary to an open set
8.  Phonetics
ending in a consonant sound
said of a syllable
9.  Sport
designating a stance, as of a golfer or a batter in baseball, in which the front foot is closer than the rear to an imaginary straight line, as one joining tee and green or one joining home plate and second base

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Closed

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adj.
1. Having boundaries; enclosed: a closed corridor between the two buildings.
2. Blocked or barred to passage or entry: a closed port.
3. Explicitly limited; restricted: closed membership.
4. Self-contained or self-sufficient: a closed relationship.
5. Barred to the public; conducted in secrecy: a closed session of the judiciary committee.
6. Mathematics
a. Of or relating to a curve, such as a circle, having no endpoints.
b. Of or relating to a surface having no boundary curves.
c. Of or relating to an interval containing both its endpoints.
d. Characterized by or possessing the property by which an operation acting on an element in a set produces an element within the set.
7. Computers Of or relating to a file that cannot be accessed.
8. Electricity Allowing electricity to flow or pass: a closed switch.
9. Linguistics Ending in a consonant: a closed syllable.
10. Sports
a. Having the forward foot closer to the intended point of impact with the ball than the rear foot: a closed batting stance.
b. Held or swung with the top or outer edge of the striking face pointing slightly closer to the objective than the lower or inner edge: The club face was closed when it hit the ball, causing a hook.
11. Physics
a. Of or relating to a closed system.
b. Of or relating to a closed universe.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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