Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Canada, UK, countable, uncountable)The time when a public house or restaurant closes. Used to invite final drink orders.

    Ladenschluss, Sperrstunde, Polizeistunde

    вре́мя закры́тияvrémja zakrýtija

    the regular time of day when an establishment closes to the public

  2. (UK, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Used to suggest that a deadline for action is imminent.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see closing, time.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Tom left the bar before closing time.

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  2. Tom and I both stayed at the bar until closing time.

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  3. It's nearly closing time.

    ruПриближается время закрытия.

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  4. When is closing time?

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  5. Meat often gets discounted just before closing time.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
time when a pub closes:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
time when a pub closes:

Forms

plural: closing times
Singularclosing time
Pluralclosing times

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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