closes (down)

verb

present tense third-person singular of close (down)
as in shuts
to stop the operations of the coal mine was closed down in the 1930s

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for closes (down)
  1. shuts
  2. closes
  3. closes out
Verb
  • Your middle schooler walks in, drops her backpack and shuts the bedroom door.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026
  • There’s a brief pause, and then my phone goes haywire, inundated with Bluetooth signal spam — new Airpods connections, contact requests, an avalanche of popups that make my phone basically unusable until Hedge shuts it off.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of shuts
Verb
  • Too much dependence on one shipping lane means that when a corridor closes, there may be no fallback.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • More than 90 people will be laid off this winter when a snack manufacturing facility in Catawba County closes its doors.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of closes
Verb
  • The men’s 10,000m final is on the opening night, two weeks before the men’s marathon closes out the athletics programme.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The announcement comes as Slayyyter closes out an insanely successful year.
    — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of closes out
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“Closes (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closes%20%28down%29. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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