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CLOSEDOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does closedown mean?
• CLOSEDOWN (noun)
The noun CLOSEDOWN has 1 sense:
1. termination of operations
Familiarity information: CLOSEDOWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Termination of operations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
closedown; closing; closure; shutdown
Context example:
they regretted the closure of the day care center
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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