Meaning & use
full closure
Last updated
Meanings
nouncountable or uncountable
A situation in which a road, building, or service is shut completely rather than partly.
Grammar: Often used with "in" or "of": a full closure of the road; the bridge is in full closure.
Patterns
- a full closure of something
- in full closure
- impose a full closure on something
Heavy snow led to a full closure of the mountain pass overnight.
The council announced a full closure of the library while the roof is repaired.
During the festival there is a full closure of the main square to traffic.
nouncountable or uncountableformal
A complete end to an activity, process, or period, with nothing left open or unfinished.
Grammar: Used about projects, talks, or chapters of life: bring something to a full closure.
Patterns
- bring something to a full closure
- a full closure of something
- reach full closure
The two sides hoped the treaty would bring a full closure to the dispute.
After the final payment, the case reached full closure.
Management promised a full closure of the investigation by December.
Word forms
| plural | full closures |
|---|
Common combinations
- a full closure of the road
- A full closure of the road will last three days.
- in full closure
- The tunnel has been in full closure since Monday.
- announce a full closure
- Officials announced a full closure of the airport.
- a full closure order
- The city issued a full closure order for the unsafe building.
- lift a full closure
- Crews lifted the full closure once the ice melted.
Synonyms and how they differ
- shutdown
- Used more for factories, machines, or businesses stopping work, not for roads.
- lockdown
- Suggests people are kept in or out for safety reasons, which a simple closure does not.
- shutting
- A more general everyday word; it does not stress that the closing is complete.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: full closure or cloture? full closure or disclosure?
full closure vs cloture
Cloture is a procedure for ending debate in a legislature; closure is the general act of closing.
full closure vs disclosure
Disclosure means making information public, while closure means shutting something.
Practice
Which sentence uses "full closure" correctly?
Choose one answer.
"Full closure" fits an official, complete shutting of a place such as a bridge. Option 1 is wrong because a short lunch break is a temporary closing, not a full closure; option 3 uses it about a season, where "end" is the natural word; option 4 needs "explanation," not "closure."
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “full closure”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.