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{
"term": "closed",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "shut",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**Keep** the door **closed**."
},
{
"text": "He was slumped in a chair and his eyes were closed."
},
{
"text": "Store any leftovers in a closed container in the fridge."
},
{
"text": "Her eyes were half closed."
},
{
"text": "Her mouth was tightly closed."
},
{
"text": "Keep that door closed, will you?"
},
{
"text": "Make sure the lid is completely closed."
},
{
"text": "She was squinting through almost closed eyes."
},
{
"text": "The sun streamed through the partially closed blinds."
},
{
"text": "The valve can be adjusted from fully open to fully closed."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "remain", "keep something"],
"adverb": ["firmly", "properly", "tightly"],
"preposition": ["for", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "shut, especially of a shop or public building that is not open for a period of time",
"sensetop": "closed to somebody/somethingclosed for something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The museum is closed on Mondays."
},
{
"text": "This road is closed to traffic.",
"contextForm": "closed to somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The park was closed to the public."
},
{
"text": "The building is closed for repairs.",
"contextForm": "closed for something"
},
{
"text": "The library will remain closed until next week."
},
{
"text": "Twenty miles of beaches were officially closed to the public."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "remain", "keep something"],
"adverb": ["firmly", "properly", "tightly"],
"preposition": ["for", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "not willing to accept outside influences or new ideas",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a closed society"
},
{
"text": "He has a closed mind."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "limited to a particular group of people; not open to everyone",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a closed membership"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "without the public being allowed to attend or know what is happening; in private",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The meeting was held behind closed doors."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a subject or person that you know nothing about",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Nuclear physics is a closed book to most of us."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very easily, without thinking about it",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've made this trip so often, I could do it with my eyes shut."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kləʊzd/",
"audio": "cl/closed/closed__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kləʊzd/",
"audio": "cl/closed/closed__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}