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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cloze¹

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

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.

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

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

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Ive been too busy casting an unfavorable eye on your cloze and on the litther you make with your papers.

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A man with that kind o' cloze has no business carrying weapons around in this country.

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