cloture

C2+ Topic:Law & Government

US /ˈkloʊtʃɚ/ UK /ˈkləʊtʃə/ See IPA manual

noun verb

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noun
a procedure for ending debate and forcing an immediate vote

The senate invoked cloture to break the filibuster.

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1 noun · a procedure for ending... closure guillotine

Opposites

filibuster

Word family

Related forms closure close

Etymology

From French clôture 'closure, enclosure', from Old French cloture, from Vulgar Latin *clausitura, ultimately from Latin claudere 'to shut'.

clôture French claudere Latin

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# cloture

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈkloʊtʃɚ
**IPA (UK):** ˈkləʊtʃə

## Meanings
1. a procedure for ending debate and forcing an immediate vote

## Examples
- The senate invoked cloture to break the filibuster.

## Synonyms
- closure
- guillotine

## Antonyms
- filibuster

## Related Forms
- closure
- close

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: clôture
- Root: claudere

## Etymology
From French clôture 'closure, enclosure', from Old French cloture, from Vulgar Latin *clausitura, ultimately from Latin claudere 'to shut'.

## AI Etymology
Cloture comes from French clôture 'closure, enclosure', from Old French cloture, from Vulgar Latin *clausitura, ultimately from Latin claudere 'to shut'. The historical trail runs through clôture in French and claudere in Latin. Used as a noun and verb, cloture now means "a procedure for ending debate and forcing an immediate vote", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as closure and close. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Law & Government

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