closed
adjective
uk
/kləʊzd/ us
/kloʊzd/closed adjective (NOT OPEN)
- The bank's closed now, but I can get some money out with my card.
- The restaurant is always closed on Wednesdays.
- The road was closed while the vehicles that had been involved in the accident were towed away.
- The hotel is closed during low season, i.e. from October to March.
- Is the kitchen door closed, so that the dog cannot get in?
- The road was closed all day by order of the police.
- Will patrons kindly note that this shop will be closed on 17 July.
closed adjective (ENDED)
closed adjective (NOT ACCEPTING IDEAS)
- arsed
- baulk
- be blowed if... idiom
- be in no mood for something/to do something idiom
- bed
- deign
- disinclination
- disinclined
- disobliging
- drag your heels/feet idiom
- indisposed
- indisposition
- not have the heart to do something idiom
- not have the stomach for something idiom
- rather you than me idiom
- reluctance
- reluctant
- unwillingness
- willy-nilly
- wouldn't
closed adjective (OF QUESTION)
- A closed question is: "Did you play golf on Saturday?" and hopefully you just get a yes/no answer.
- To be absolutely clear, I find it is best to ask a closed question such as "Is that your position?", to which the reply must be "yes" or "no".
- If you want to keep a conversation going, ask questions that are open-ended rather than closed.
- ask after someone phrasal verb
- ask questions of someone/something idiom
- be someone's for the asking idiom
- beat something out of someone phrasal verb
- bombard
- canvass
- debrief
- drag
- interrogate
- line of inquiry
- make an inquiry
- nail someone down phrasal verb
- open-ended
- outpoll
- pollster
- pump
- query
- questioner
- quiz
- shoot
