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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.
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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
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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.

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

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

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

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

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