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foreclosing

foreclosing is the present participle and gerund of foreclose.

Meaning of foreclose

Verb

foreclose (third-person singular simple present forecloses, present participle foreclosing, simple past and past participle foreclosed)

  1. (transitive) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.
    • They have to move out of their house because the bank foreclosed on their mortgage.
  2. (transitive) To cut off (a mortgager) by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises.
  3. (transitive, originally) To shut up or out; to prevent from doing something.
    • The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade.1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    stop, prevent, bar, exclude

Noun

foreclosing (plural foreclosings)

  1. An act of foreclosure.

Forms of foreclosing

pluralforeclosings

Questions about foreclosing

What does foreclosing mean?
Foreclosing means an act of foreclosure.
What is foreclosing the present participle and gerund of?
Foreclosing is the present participle and gerund of foreclose.
What part of speech is foreclosing?
Foreclosing is a noun.
What is the plural of foreclosing?
The plural of foreclosing is foreclosings.

Words near foreclosing in the dictionary

  1. foreclosee
  2. foreclosees
  3. forecloser
  4. foreclosers
  5. forecloses
  6. foreclosing
  7. foreclosings
  8. foreclosure
  9. foreclosures
  10. forecloth
  11. forecloths

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