cloze

[ klohz ]

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.

noun
  1. a cloze procedure or test.

Origin of cloze

1
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

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How to use cloze in a sentence

  • 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.

  • "You sartinly do have good cloze, too," said the Sergeant, surveying the stout blue uniforms with admiration.

  • I done had my fun, en now I'm a-settin' out yer lettin' my cloze dry.

    Nights With Uncle Remus | Joel Chandler Harris
  • Ive been too busy casting an unfavorable eye on your cloze and on the litther you make with your papers.

    Press Cuttings | George Bernard Shaw
  • A man with that kind o' cloze has no business carrying weapons around in this country.

    The Red Acorn | John McElroy