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

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cloze

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

Waal, he didn't git no more; an' after the furnitoor an' the books, his cloze begun to go.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 by Various

"I'm doing just what these men are doing here in their cloze," answered Rosenbaum.

From Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures by John McElroy

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

From Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro by John McElroy

Here; not them cloze; these here homespun things.

From Dr. Sevier by George Washington Cable