closer
IPA: kɫˈoʊsɝ
noun
- Someone or something that closes.
- Someone or something that concludes.
- (sales) Synonym of close (“the point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy”)
- The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
- (baseball) A relief pitcher who specializes in getting the last three outs of the game. See Wikipedia:closer (baseball)
adjective
- Within a shorter distance.
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Examples of "closer" in Sentences
- '' Becoming a closer is a maturing process, '' Miller says.
- _Edged in closer and closer_ means went slowly nearer and nearer.
- The secret to Trevor Hoffman's success as a closer is as much preparation
- When laypeople use the word, "hypothesis" is the term closer to what they actually mean.
- Since certain algorithms and directory listings work alphabetically, pick a name closer to A than Z.
- While the term closer-by-committee terrifies any baseball fan, it looks to be the case for the Ex-Yankees without a clear cut favorite.
- Condo or home buyers soon learn that there is an important player at the closing table: the title closer representing the "title company."
- The summer will tell us if he further admits those mistakes, by bringing in a true squad striker who can bring the title closer to Anfield.
- Guy Bissonnette, Enfield, N.H. Gardner: Shelton isn't a bad sell-high candidate right now, although packaging him with a closer is a lot to lose for just one player in return.