1. (企业、工厂等的)永久性关闭，停业
The closure of a place such as a business or factory is the permanent ending of the work or activity there.
2. (道路或边界的)封闭，封锁
The closure of a road or border is the blocking of it in order to prevent people from using it.
3. 解脱
If someone achieves closure, they succeed in accepting something bad that has happened to them.
1. termination of operations
e.g. they regretted the closure of the day care center
Synonym: closedownclosingshutdown
2. approaching a particular destination
a coming closer
a narrowing of a gap
e.g. the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision
Synonym: closing
3. the act of blocking
4. an obstruction in a pipe or tube
e.g. we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
Synonym: blockageblockocclusionstopstoppage
5. something settled or resolved
the outcome of decision making
e.g. 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
Synonym: settlementresolution
6. 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
Synonym: law of closure
7. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body