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Close 76% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Finale 76% connected

Close; termination

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Finis 76% connected

An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Glaze 76% connected

To become glazed of glassy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 3

Closing 76% connected

of Close

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Completion 76% connected

The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Culmination 76% connected

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Finish 74% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Finish 74% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 2

Coating 92% connected

of Coat

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Finish 92% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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