closer

¹ American  

[kloh-zer] / ˈkloʊ zər /

noun

1. a person or thing that closes.

   a door with a mechanical closer.

2. a person or thing that concludes.

   The piece would be a great closer for a concert.

3. Baseball. a relief pitcher brought in toward the end of the game to hold the team’s lead.

4. a person who brings something, especially a business deal, to a successful conclusion.

   a car salesman known as one of the best closers.

5. Also called closure.  Masonry. any of various specially formed or cut bricks for spacing or filling gaps between regular bricks or courses of regular brickwork.

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closer ² American  

[kloh-ser] / ˈkloʊ sər /

adjective

1. comparative of close.

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Etymology

Origin of closer

First recorded in 1600–1620; close, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Calculations based on density functional theory support the experimental results and suggest an important shift as the chains move closer together.

From Science Daily

As good as Saka is for the team, his numbers slightly underwhelm, so getting him closer to goal would allow him to score or assist more himself.

From BBC

The points will be halved and rounded down, which will create an even closer title race.

From BBC

Venezuela’s oil, by contrast, is viscose, high-sulfur, crude — closer to the grades many Gulf Coast refiners were originally designed to handle.

From MarketWatch

Representing Gomez’s children, they evoke something closer to a parent’s reality: lovable kids, grungy and soiled.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• climax
• conclusion
• denouement