closed

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    not open or affording passage or access
    of a curve or surface; having no end points or boundary curves; of a set; having members that can be produced by a specific operation on other members of the same set; of an interval; containing both its endpoints
    not open
    used especially of mouth or eyes
    requiring union membership
    with shutters closed
    not open to the general public
    not having an open mind
    blocked against entry
    (of the wings of birds and insects) closed together
    shut down

Word Origin

closed (adj.)
c. 1200, past participle adjective from close (v.). Closed circuit is attested from 1827; closed shop in union sense from 1904; closed system first recorded 1896 in William James.

Example

1. Saudi arabia is a closed society .
2. And the system is pretty closed .
3. For me , it is a closed door .
4. Opportunistic funds were the next business development , with the first gresham fund closed in 2002 .
5. Spotcloud has been up and running since november in a closed trial-and has already attracted a lot of supply .

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