closing

About 14.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act by which something is closed.

   openings and closings of doors

2. noun The end or conclusion of something.

   the closing of a popular play

3. noun The final procedure in a house sale, when documents are signed and recorded.
4. noun In morphology, the erosion of the dilation of a set.
5. adjective Pertaining to the finish or ending of a series of events; occurring at the end or after all others.

   I'd like to add some closing words.

6. verb present participle and gerund of close

Similar words

shutting shutdown closure terminative ending windup end conclusion concluding completion

Often followed by

the of in years his down date time a

Word family

closings