{
    "term": "closed",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "shut",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Keep** the door **closed**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was slumped in a chair and his eyes were closed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Store any leftovers in a closed container in the fridge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her eyes were half closed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her mouth was tightly closed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Keep that door closed, will you?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Make sure the lid is completely closed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was squinting through almost closed eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sun streamed through the partially closed blinds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The valve can be adjusted from fully open to fully closed."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "remain", "keep something"],
                "adverb": ["firmly", "properly", "tightly"],
                "preposition": ["for", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "shut, especially of a shop or public building that is not open for a period of time",
            "sensetop": "closed to somebody/somethingclosed for something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The museum is closed on Mondays."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This road is closed to traffic.",
                    "contextForm": "closed to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The park was closed to the public."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The building is closed for repairs.",
                    "contextForm": "closed for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The library will remain closed until next week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Twenty miles of beaches were officially closed to the public."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "remain", "keep something"],
                "adverb": ["firmly", "properly", "tightly"],
                "preposition": ["for", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "not willing to accept outside influences or new ideas",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a closed society"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has a closed mind."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "limited to a particular group of people; not open to everyone",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a closed membership"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "without the public being allowed to attend or know what is happening; in private",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The meeting was held behind closed doors."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a subject or person that you know nothing about",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Nuclear physics is a closed book to most of us."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very easily, without thinking about it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've made this trip so often, I could do it with my eyes shut."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kləʊzd/",
                "audio": "cl/closed/closed__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kləʊzd/",
                "audio": "cl/closed/closed__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}