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

And the starting pay is closer to fast-food wages than to six figures.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Then, of course, we have known each other for six months, so we are getting closer and closer and know each other better and better."

From Barron's

“Scalability is fundamental to the growth and adoption of quantum computing, and we believe this breakthrough brings the industry much closer to a scalable, commercial gate-model system,” Lanting added.

From Barron's

These findings deepen scientific understanding of opioid biology and move researchers closer to developing safer, non-addictive pain treatments.

From Science Daily

Progress may be incremental, but every experiment, successful test, and refined procedure moves us closer to a future where humans can truly call Mars home.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• climax
• conclusion
• denouement