Verb to close

Simple Forms

Basic Forms

Infinitive
to close

Imperative
close
let's close
close

Present Participle
closing

Past Participle
closed

Indicative:

Present

I close
you close
he/she/it closes
we close
you close
they close

Compound Forms

Indicative

Present continuous

I am closing
you are closing
he/she/it is closing
we are closing
you are closing
they are closing

Present perfect

I have closed
you have closed
he/she/it has closed
we have closed
you have closed
they have closed

Future

I will close
you will close
he/she/it will close
we will close
you will close
they will close

Future Perfect

I will have closed
you will have closed
he/she/it will have closed
we will have closed
you will have closed
they will have closed

Past continuous

I was closing
you were closing
he/she/it was closing
we were closing
you were closing
they were closing

Past perfect

I had closed
you had closed
he/she/it had closed
we had closed
you had closed
they had closed

Future continuous

I will be closing
you will be closing
he/she/it will be closing
we will be closing
you will be closing
they will be closing

Present perfect continuous

I have been closing
you have been closing
he/she/it has been closing
we have been closing
you have been closing
they have been closing

Past perfect continuous

I had been closing
you had been closing
he/she/it had been closing
we had been closing
you had been closing
they had been closing

Future perfect continuous

I will have been closing
you will have been closing
he/she/it will have been closing
we will have been closing
you will have been closing
they will have been closing

Basic Forms

Infinitive
not to close

Imperative
do not close
let's not close
do not close

Present Participle
not closing

Past Participle
not closed

Present

I do not close
you do not close
he/she/it does not close
we do not close
you do not close
they do not close

Past

I did not close
you did not close
he/she/it did not close
we did not close
you did not close
they did not close

Present continuous

I am not closing
you are not closing
he/she/it is not closing
we are not closing
you are not closing
they are not closing

Present perfect

I have not closed
you have not closed
he/she/it has not closed
we have not closed
you have not closed
they have not closed

Future

I will not close
you will not close
he/she/it will not close
we will not close
you will not close
they will not close

Future Perfect

I will not have closed
you will not have closed
he/she/it will not have closed
we will not have closed
you will not have closed
they will not have closed

Past continuous

I was not closing
you were not closing
he/she/it was not closing
we were not closing
you were not closing
they were not closing

Past perfect

I had not closed
you had not closed
he/she/it had not closed
we had not closed
you had not closed
they had not closed

Future continuous

I will not be closing
you will not be closing
he/she/it will not be closing
we will not be closing
you will not be closing
they will not be closing

Present perfect continuous

I have not been closing
you have not been closing
he/she/it has not been closing
we have not been closing
you have not been closing
they have not been closing

Past perfect continuous

I had not been closing
you had not been closing
he/she/it had not been closing
we had not been closing
you had not been closing
they had not been closing

Future perfect continuous

I will not have been closing
you will not have been closing
he/she/it will not have been closing
we will not have been closing
you will not have been closing
they will not have been closing

Indicative:

Present

do I close ?
do you close ?
does he/she/it close ?
do we close ?
do you close ?
do they close ?

Past

did I close ?
did you close ?
did he/she/it close ?
did we close ?
did you close ?
did they close ?

Indicative

Present continuous

am I closing ?
are you closing ?
is he/she/it closing ?
are we closing ?
are you closing ?
are they closing ?

Present perfect

have I closed ?
have you closed ?
has he/she/it closed ?
have we closed ?
have you closed ?
have they closed ?

Future

will I close ?
will you close ?
will he/she/it close ?
will we close ?
will you close ?
will they close ?

Future Perfect

will I have closed ?
will you have closed ?
will he/she/it have closed ?
will we have closed ?
will you have closed ?
will they have closed ?

Past continuous

was I closing ?
were you closing ?
was he/she/it closing ?
were we closing ?
were you closing ?
were they closing ?

Past perfect

had I closed ?
had you closed ?
had he/she/it closed ?
had we closed ?
had you closed ?
had they closed ?

Future continuous

will I be closing ?
will you be closing ?
will he/she/it be closing ?
will we be closing ?
will you be closing ?
will they be closing ?

Present perfect continuous

have I been closing ?
have you been closing ?
has he/she/it been closing ?
have we been closing ?
have you been closing ?
have they been closing ?

Past perfect continuous

had I been closing ?
had you been closing ?
had he/she/it been closing ?
had we been closing ?
had you been closing ?
had they been closing ?

Future perfect continuous

will I have been closing ?
will you have been closing ?
will he/she/it have been closing ?
will we have been closing ?
will you have been closing ?
will they have been closing ?

See also verbs with similar meaning: close down, close in, close off, close out, close up

Definitions:

- Finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- Complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- Become closed
- Fill or stop up
- Bar access to
- Bring together all the elements or parts of
- Draw near
- Come together, as if in an embrace
- Change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- Cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- Engage at close quarters
- Finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- Cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- Come to a close
- Be priced or listed when trading stops

Examples:

- The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning
- They closed the deal on the building
- Close up an umbrella
- Shut the window
- The windows closed with a loud bang
- Can you close the cracks with caulking?
- Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours
- Management closed ranks
- The probe closed with the space station
- Her arms closed around her long lost relative
- Close with the enemy
- The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board
- Close up the shop
- The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin
- My new stocks closed at $59 last night

Simple Forms

Basic Forms

Indicative:

Present

Past

Compound Forms

Past Participle

Indicative

Present continuous

Present perfect

Future

Future Perfect

Past continuous

Past perfect

Future continuous

Present perfect continuous

Past perfect continuous

Future perfect continuous

Basic Forms

Present

Past

Past Participle

Present continuous

Present perfect

Future

Future Perfect

Past continuous

Past perfect

Future continuous

Present perfect continuous

Past perfect continuous

Future perfect continuous

Indicative:

Present

Past

Indicative

Present continuous

Present perfect

Future

Future Perfect

Past continuous

Past perfect

Future continuous

Present perfect continuous

Past perfect continuous

Future perfect continuous

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