closed

Thân thiện

The child peeked through the closed curtains.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not open; shut: Describing something that is not allowing passage or access, such as a door, window, or container.
   • Not operating for business: Referring to a store, office, or other establishment that is not open to the public at a given time.
   • Restricted or exclusive: Describing a meeting, group, or event that is not open to the general public.
   • Unreceptive: Describing a mind, attitude, or person that is not open to new ideas or influences.
   • Ended or concluded: Referring to a period, chapter, or event that has finished.
   • (Mathematics) Containing its endpoints: Describing an interval that includes both its boundary points.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The closed door prevented us from entering the room.
  • The bank is closed on Sundays.
  • The committee held a closed session to discuss the sensitive matter.
  • He has a very closed mind about modern art.
  • With the investigation closed, the team moved on to other cases.
  • In mathematics, the interval [0, 5] is a closed interval.

Advanced Usage

• "Behind closed doors": Happening in private, away from public view.
  • The final negotiations took place behind closed doors.
• "A closed book": Something that is not understood or is no longer thought about.
  • For me, advanced physics is a closed book.
  • After the argument, she decided that friendship was a closed book.
• "To be closed off": To be emotionally distant or unwilling to communicate.
  • He became very closed off after the loss of his job.

Variants and Related Words

• Close (verb): To move something so that it is not open; to shut.
  • Please close the window.
• Closely (adverb): In a way that involves careful attention or a very small distance.
  • She listened closely to the instructions.
• Closure (noun): The act of closing something; a feeling of resolution.
  • The factory faced closure.
  • She needed closure after the relationship ended.

Synonyms

• Shut: Not open.
• Sealed: Closed tightly or securely.
• Inaccessible: Not able to be reached or entered.
• Concluded: Brought to an end.
• Unreceptive: Not willing to consider new ideas.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Close down: To stop operating permanently.
  • The old cinema had to close down due to lack of customers.
• Close off: To block an entrance or path.
  • The police closed off the street after the accident.
• Close up: To shut something completely, especially a business at the end of the day.
  • We close up the shop at 8 PM.

Related Idioms

• Close, but no cigar: Almost successful, but not quite.
  • Your guess was close, but no cigar.
• Close to home: Affecting someone personally or emotionally.
  • His criticism of my family felt too close to home.
• Close ranks: To unite in order to defend against criticism or attack.
  • The team closed ranks to support their coach.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. blocked against entry
   • a closed porch
2. not having an open mind
   • a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas
3. not open to the general public
   • a closed meeting
4. with shutters closed
5. requiring union membership
   • a closed shop
6. used especially of mouth or eyes
   • he sat quietly with closed eyes
   • his eyes were shut against the sunlight
7. not open
   • the door slammed shut
8. (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
9. not open or affording passage or access
   • the many closed streets made travel difficult
   • our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains

Từ đồng nghĩa

• closed in
• unsympathetic
• closed
• shut
• unopen