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closed
Universal Words
adjective
1 [notbeforenoun] shut:
Keep the door closed.
2 [notbeforenoun] shut, especially of a shop/store or public building that is not open for a period of time:
The museum is closed on Mondays. * This road is closed to traffic.
3 not willing to accept outside influences or new ideas:
a closed society * He has a closed mind.
4 [usuallybeforenoun] limited to a particular group of people; not open to everyone:
a closed membership
OPPOPEN -< CLOSE
IDIOMS
behind closed doors without the public being allowed to attend or know what is happening; in private:
The meeting was held behind closed doors.
a closed book (to sb) a subject or person that you know nothing about:
Nuclear physics is a closed book to most of us.
