closed

[ klohzd ]

adjective

1. having or forming a boundary or barrier:

   He was blocked by a closed door.

   The house had a closed porch.

2. brought to a close; concluded:

   It was a closed incident with no repercussions.

3. not public; restricted; exclusive:

   a closed meeting;

   a closed bid at a private auction.

4. not open to new ideas or arguments.
5. self-contained; independent or self-sufficient:

   a closed, symbiotic relationship.

6. Phonetics. (of a syllable) ending with a consonant or a consonant cluster, as has, hasp. Compare open ( def 35b ).
7. Linguistics. (of a class of items) limited in membership and not readily expanded to include new items, as the class of inflectional affixes, articles, pronouns, or auxiliaries ( open, def 36 ).
8. Hunting, Angling. restricted as to the kind of game that may be legally taken and as to where or when it may be taken:

   woods closed to deer hunters.

9. Mathematics.
   1. (of a set in which a combining operation between members of the set is defined) such that performing the operation between members of the set produces a member of the set, as multiplication in the set of integers.
   2. (of an interval) containing both of its endpoints.
   3. (of a map from one topological space to another) having the property that the image of a closed set is a closed set.
   4. (of a curve) not having endpoints; enclosing an area.
   5. (of a surface) enclosing a volume.
   6. (of a function or operator) having as its graph a closed set.

closed

/ kləʊzd /

adjective

1. blocked against entry; shut
2. restricted; exclusive
3. not open to question or debate
4. (of a hunting season, etc) close
5. maths
   1. (of a curve or surface) completely enclosing an area or volume
   2. (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. Alsochecked phonetics
   1. denoting a syllable that ends in a consonant
   2. another word for close 1
7. not open to public entry or membership

   the closed society of publishing

Other Words From

• half-closed adjective
• semi·closed adjective
• well-closed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of closed¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English; close, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Olivia Lagao had 26 points and freshman Amel Cook added 15 points for Windward, which closed to within six points in the fourth quarter after trailing by as many as 16 points.

From Los Angeles Times

As a result, C4 plants eliminate those oxygen-use mistakes to conserve energy and keep plant surface pores closed more often to conserve water.

From Science Daily

In July 2023, the Captain Tom Foundation announced it was not actively seeking donations or making payments, but the foundation has not been closed down.

From BBC

Amid fears of a renewed strike on Wednesday, several Western embassies closed their doors.

From BBC

She said some crew members told her not to film them on the closed set, in case, she said, it was discovered they had worked on Rust "and I might never get a job again".

From BBC

Related Words

• concluded
• decided
• ended
• resolved
• settled