What part of speech is closing?

Closing can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. closing is a verb, gerund of close (infinitive).
  • 2. closing is a noun, singular of closings.
  • 3. closing is an adjective.

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Verb

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • closing 
    more closing
    most closing
  • Positive: closing 
  • Comparative: more closing
  • Superlative: most closing

What does closing mean?

Definitions

Adjective
closing - final or ending; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks"

Verb
close - move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"
close - fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?"
close - become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang"
close - finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board"
close - cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
close - bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours"
close - draw near; "The probe closed with the space station"
close - change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
close - engage at close quarters; "close with the enemy"
close - finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"
close - complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building"
close - bring together all the elements or parts of; "Management closed ranks"
close - come together, as if in an embrace; "Her arms closed around her long lost relative"
close - be priced or listed when trading stops; "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night"
close - cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"
close - come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"
close - unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"

Noun
closing - approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision"
closing - a concluding action
closing - the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
closing - termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center"
closing - the act of closing something
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Examples of closing

#   Sentence  
1. noun The ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision.
2. noun They close whenever they feel like it, often well before their listed closing time.
3. noun Great help even near closing time!
4. noun We walked in to pick our little man at 10 minutes to closing and heard laughter from kids and the staff.
5. noun The closing of school was due to the heavy snow.
6. noun The commemorative ceremony ended with the closing address.
7. noun The closing of school was due to the snow.
8. noun The typhoon accounted for the closing of school.
9. noun The Nikkei index jumped dramatically just before closing.
10. noun Today is our regular closing day.
11. noun Friendly Reminder: Please keep in mind the closing time of the line you need to switch to, so as to avoid delays in your trip.
12. noun Today was the school closing ceremony for 2008.
13. noun The books will be shipped out tomorrow before closing.
14. noun The closing ceremony of the Olympics was wonderful.
15. noun Yesterday was the school closing ceremony.
16. adj. The closing stages of the election.
17. adj. The closing weeks of the year.
18. adj. The closing scene of the film.
19. adj. Closing remarks.
20. adj. Close to noon.
21. adj. How close are we to town?
22. adj. A close formation of ships.
23. adj. A close family.
24. adj. We are all...in close sympathy with...
25. adj. Close kin.
26. adj. A close resemblance.
27. adj. Although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it.
28. adj. A close translation.
29. adj. Close supervision.
30. adj. Paid close attention.
31. verb "It was about how he could humiliate her the most," prosecutor Dean Mandros said in closing arguments.
32. verb We were told that we couldn't today because they were closing soon.
33. verb THE MANAGER CAME OVER AND SAID HE WAS SORRY AND GAVE A NEW BATCH OF WINGS, HE SAID WE CANT REALLY DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE DOORS ARE ALWAYS OPENING AND CLOSING .
34. verb Of course, they would be closing in 5 minutes, so I would have to hurry up or get it the next day.
35. verb I feel cold. Do you mind closing the window?
36. verb Would you mind closing the door?
37. verb The door is closing.
38. verb The girl, closing her eyes, listened to the pastor.
39. verb The dogs were closing in on the deer.
40. verb Would you mind closing the window?
41. verb They debated closing the school.
42. verb Evening was closing in on the valley.
43. verb "Kaname, when can you leave?" "It's till closing so it takes till eight."
44. verb Of course "Hayabusa" is not actually closing in on the Sun, it is just positioned as in the figure so that, seen from the Earth, it is on the opposite side of the Sun; this is called 'conjunction'.
45. verb There are only a few consequences of closing the canteen.
46. adv. He remained close on his guard.
47. adv. The bullet didn't come close.
48. adv. Don't get too close to the fire.
Sentence  
noun
The ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision.
They close whenever they feel like it, often well before their listed closing time.
Great help even near closing time!
We walked in to pick our little man at 10 minutes to closing and heard laughter from kids and the staff.
The closing of school was due to the heavy snow.
The commemorative ceremony ended with the closing address.
The closing of school was due to the snow.
The typhoon accounted for the closing of school.
The Nikkei index jumped dramatically just before closing.
Today is our regular closing day.
Friendly Reminder: Please keep in mind the closing time of the line you need to switch to, so as to avoid delays in your trip.
Today was the school closing ceremony for 2008.
The books will be shipped out tomorrow before closing.
The closing ceremony of the Olympics was wonderful.
Yesterday was the school closing ceremony.
adj.
The closing stages of the election.
The closing weeks of the year.
The closing scene of the film.
Closing remarks.
Close to noon.
How close are we to town?
A close formation of ships.
A close family.
We are all...in close sympathy with...
Close kin.
A close resemblance.
Although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it.
A close translation.
Close supervision.
Paid close attention.
verb
"It was about how he could humiliate her the most," prosecutor Dean Mandros said in closing arguments.
We were told that we couldn't today because they were closing soon.
THE MANAGER CAME OVER AND SAID HE WAS SORRY AND GAVE A NEW BATCH OF WINGS, HE SAID WE CANT REALLY DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE DOORS ARE ALWAYS OPENING AND CLOSING .
Of course, they would be closing in 5 minutes, so I would have to hurry up or get it the next day.
I feel cold. Do you mind closing the window?
Would you mind closing the door?
The door is closing.
The girl, closing her eyes, listened to the pastor.
The dogs were closing in on the deer.
Would you mind closing the window?
They debated closing the school.
Evening was closing in on the valley.
"Kaname, when can you leave?" "It's till closing so it takes till eight."
Of course "Hayabusa" is not actually closing in on the Sun, it is just positioned as in the figure so that, seen from the Earth, it is on the opposite side of the Sun; this is called 'conjunction'.
There are only a few consequences of closing the canteen.
adv.
He remained close on his guard.
The bullet didn't come close.
Don't get too close to the fire.
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