DictionaryRoot: claudere
Latin
claudere
close or shut
Forms
- claudere
- claus- — The form used for completed action.
- -clud- — The vowel changed in Latin compounds.
- -clus- — The corresponding changed completed-action form.
Origin
Related to Latin clavis, “key,” in an older Indo-European family associated with closing.
Note
Closing can suggest ending an argument, keeping something in, or keeping something out.
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adjective
closed
Not open or not available for entry or participation.
Etymology
Latin claudere meant to shut. Closed describes the resulting condition, extending a physically shut entrance to an organization or activity that does not admit entry or participation.
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- exclusiveRestricted access
- exclusiveNot including
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