clozer

cloze

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [klohz]
- /kloʊz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [klohz]
- /kloʊz/

Definitions of clozer word

adjective clozer pertaining to or being a procedure used to measure comprehension or text difficulty, in which a person is called upon to supply elements that have been systematically deleted from a text. 1
noun clozer a cloze procedure or test. 1

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Origin of clozer

First appearance:

before 1953

One of the 5% newest English words

1953; back formation from closure (in the sense “the tendency to fill in missing elements based on past experience”), respelling to make it distinct from close

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Parts of speech for Clozer

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Clozer

clozer popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.