Meaning

8 senses
  1. (transitive)To terminate; to call the end of.

    terminate by selling off or disposing of

  2. (transitive)Synonym of close (“to make a sale”).

    make impossible, especially beforehand

  3. (intransitive)To settle, to pay what is due.

  4. To break all at once, instead of progressively along its length.

  5. To terminate a computer program.

  6. (transitive)To exclude by blocking all opportunities to enter or join.

  7. To make trades offsetting an existing position, leaving the trader with a neutral position.

  8. To seal off.

    to finish off

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Mark was close to burning out.

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  2. We have closed out this year's model.

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  3. Remember to keep the door closed, it's cold out there.

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  4. Close the program out.

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  5. It's time to pay up all your debts and close out your loan.

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Forms

closes out, closing out, closed out, closed out
Base formclose out · to close out
3rd person singularcloses out
Present participleclosing out
Past simpleclosed out
Past participleclosed out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyclose out
he, she, itcloses out

Past simpleLesson

all personsclosed out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave closed out
he, she, ithas closed out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill close out

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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