closure

1. (countable, uncountable)An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.

   Schließung

   оконча́ниеokončánije, закры́тиеzakrýtije

2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.

   to find emotional closure

   Abschluss

3. (countable, uncountable)A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.

   Schloss, Verschluss

4. (countable, uncountable)An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.

   Closure, Funktionsabschluss

5. (countable, uncountable)The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.

   Hülle

6. (countable, uncountable)The smallest closed set which contains the given set.

7. (countable, uncountable)The act of shutting; a closing.

   the closure of a door, or of a chink

   Schließen

   the act of blocking

8. (countable, uncountable)The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily.

   The closure of Hammersmith Bridge means road traffic has to use Chiswick and Putney Bridges instead.

9. (countable, uncountable)That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.

10. (countable, uncountable)A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.

    a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

11. (countable, uncountable)The phenomenon by which a group maintains its resources by the exclusion of others based on various criteria.

12. (countable, uncountable)The process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels.

1. We hope that there is closure.

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2. Tom needs closure.

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3. This factory is threatened with closure.

   deDiese Fabrik ist von einer Stillegung bedroht.

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4. There is a road closure up ahead.

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5. The school's closure was due to the snow.

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