[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

close \close\ kl=oz, v. t. imp.  p. p. closed
   kl=ozd; p. pr.  vb. n. closing. from of.  f. clos,
   p. p. of clore to close, fr. l. claudere; akin to g.
   schliessen to shut, and to e. clot, cloister, clavicle,
   conclude, sluice. cf. clause, n.
   1. to stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close
      the eyes; to close a door.
      1913 webster

   2. to bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to
      close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.
      1913 webster

   3. to bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to
      finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to
      close a course of instruction.
      1913 webster

            one frugal supper did our studies close. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. to come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to
      confine.
      1913 webster

            the depth closed me round about.      --jonah ii. 5.
      1913 webster

            but now thou dost thyself immure and close
            in some one corner of a feeble heart. --herbert.
      1913 webster

   a closed sea, a sea within the jurisdiction of some
      particular nation, which controls its navigation.
      1913 webster
see also:
closed closing clause a closed sea 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

closing \closing\ adj.
   final or ending; terminal; as, the closing stages of the
   election; the closing weeks of the year; the closing scene of
   the film; closing remarks. opposite of opening. narrower
   terms: year-end
   wordnet 1.5
see also:
opening year-end 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

closing \closing\ n.
   1. the act of closing something.

   syn: shutting.
        wordnet 1.5

   2. the last section of a communication.

   syn: conclusion, close, ending.
        wordnet 1.5

   3. termination of operations.

   syn: closure, closedown, shutdown.
        wordnet 1.5

   4. a concluding action.

   syn: completion, culmination, windup, mop up.
        wordnet 1.5

   5. commerce the final action in a commercial transaction,
      especially the meeting between buyer and seller and in
      some cases mortgagee, or their representatives, in a
      transaction for sale of real estate in which all documents
      are signed and all procedures carried out to complete the
      sale; -- called also real estate closing.
      pjc
see also:
real estate closing 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

closing
     adj : final or ending; "the closing stages of the election"; "the
           closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the
           film"; "closing remarks" ant: opening
     n 1: the act of closing something syn: shutting ant: opening
     2: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion i want
        to say..." syn: conclusion, end, close, ending
     3: approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a
        narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave
        them little time to avoid a collision" syn: closure
     4: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of
        the day care center" syn: closure, closedown, shutdown
     5: a concluding action syn: completion, culmination, windup,
         mop up
see also:
opening shutting conclusion end close ending 
closure closedown shutdown completion culmination 
windup mop up 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

60 moby thesaurus words for "closing":
   abandonment, accommodation, adjustment, arrangement, blockade,
   breakoff, capping, cease, ceasing, cessation, close, closure,
   concluding, conclusion, consummative, consummatory, crowning,
   culminating, culminative, decline, desinence, desistance,
   discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, eventual, final,
   finish, finishing, hindmost, homestretch, lag, lapse, last lap,
   last round, last stage, latest, latter, occlusion, perfecting,
   perfective, period, relinquishment, renunciation, sealing,
   settlement, shutdown, shutting, shutting up, signature, signing,
   solemnization, stop, stopping, surcease, terminal, terminating,
   termination, ultimate

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