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

They get big pay, but they never buy cloze with their money.

From Remarks by Nye, Bill

This strictly reliable report will be isshood as often as the undersined gets any new cloze.

From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 38, December 17, 1870. 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 McElroy, John

Brer Fox, he see de cloud comin' up, en he up'n 'low he 'speck he better be gittin' 'long hisse'f, 'kaze he ain't wanter git he Sunday-go-ter-meetin' cloze wet.

From Nights With Uncle Remus by Winter, Milo