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    CLOSEDOWN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Termination of operationsplay

    Example:

    they regretted the closure of the day care center

    Synonyms:

    closedown; closing; closure; shutdown

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("closedown" is a kind of...):

    conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "closedown"):

    plant closing (act of shutting down operation of a plant)

    bank closing (act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure)

    layoff (the act of laying off an employee or a work force)

    Derivation:

    close down (cease to operate or cause to cease operating)

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