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

Competitors weighed in behind closed doors on Thursday afternoon but weights were not made public until the ceremonial weigh-in later in the evening.

From BBC

Splash Mountain closed at Disneyland and Walt Disney World in 2023 to make room for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s because work properly got underway on the attraction during pandemic shutdowns of 2020 when parks were closed, meaning travel was at a minimum and the show building that was studied most closely was the one in Anaheim, as it’s clearly closer to Imagineering’s Glendale headquarters than Orlando, Fla.

From Los Angeles Times

Others believe that improved nutrition over generations has historically closed height gaps thought to be genetic.

From BBC

Before Thune defeated two of his colleagues to win the leadership post, Trump said on social media that he wanted the new Senate leaders to push his nominees through using recess appointments, where the Senate would declare itself closed for business for 10 days so the president can appoint a Cabinet secretary for the remainder of the two-year session.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• concluded
• decided
• ended
• resolved
• settled