cloze
UK/kləʊz//kloʊz/
cloze noun: a form of written examination in which candidates are required to provide words that have been omitted from sentences, thereby demonstrating their knowledge and comprehension of the text.
Noun
cloze (plural clozes)
- A form of written examination in which candidates are required to provide words that have been omitted from sentences, thereby demonstrating their knowledge and comprehension of the text.
- The clozes, at least those used in the examinations, have the distinct advantage that they expose the students to continuous and reasonably authentic text[…]1994, Joseph Boyle, Peter Falvey, English Language Testing in Hong Kong, page 8
- this time the cloze is about the declination of adjectives2013 March 13, “Lückentext - cloze”, in German Language Blog, retrieved 15 Mar 2013
Forms of cloze
| plural | clozes |
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Origin of cloze
From closure in Gestalt therapy, 1950s.
Words that rhyme with cloze
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- interpose
- propose
- gloze
- oppose
- disclose
- foreclose
- prose
- snows
- turn up one's nose
- unclose
- adipose
- appose
- arose
- chose
- counterpose
- croze
- decompose
- doze
- enclose
- froze
- hoes
- knows
- adoze
- apollos
- beaus
- beprose
- blows
- bose
- bros
- châteaux
- coze
- crows
- does
- dos
- doughs
- fallows
- fellows
- flows
- foes
- follows
- foredispose
- frows
- glows
- goes
- grows
- hard-nose
- hollows
- joes
Questions about cloze
- What does cloze mean?
- Cloze means a form of written examination in which candidates are required to provide words that have been omitted from sentences, thereby demonstrating their knowledge and comprehension of the text.
- What part of speech is cloze?
- Cloze is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cloze?
- Cloze is pronounced /kləʊz/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cloze?
- The plural of cloze is clozes.
Words near cloze in the dictionary
Source and license
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