cloze

American  

[klohz] / kloʊz /

adjective

1. pertaining to or being a procedure used to measure comprehension or text difficulty, in which a person is called upon to supply elements that have been systematically deleted from a text.

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noun

1. a cloze procedure or test.

Etymology

Origin of cloze

1953; back formation from closure (in the sense “the tendency to fill in missing elements based on past experience”), respelling to make it distinct from close

Example Sentences

You wants go’n get some cloze on, then you c’n go’n put ’im in that old cage what’s in shed.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

“She has brought the cloze pins in a bag:” say, clothes’ pins.

From Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected by Anonymous

"Well, mam an' the gals made Wils's weddin' cloze," said Nate reflectively.

From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by McElroy, John

I don't keer w'at kinder cloze he put on, dey fit 'im, en I don't keer w'at crowd he git in, dey ain't none un um look like 'im.

From Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches by Harris, Joel Chandler

Den his cloze drapped off, an' bless gracious! dar he wuz, a great big black shaggy dog wid a short chain roun' his neck.

From International Short Stories American by Various