cloture C2+ Topic:Law & Government US /ˈkloʊtʃɚ/ UK /ˈkləʊtʃə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a procedure for ending debate and forcing an immediate vote The senate invoked cloture to break the filibuster. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a procedure for ending... closureguillotine ↔ Opposites filibuster Word family Related forms closureclose Etymology AI details From French clôture 'closure, enclosure', from Old French cloture, from Vulgar Latin *clausitura, ultimately from Latin claudere 'to shut'. clôture French claudere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cloture **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **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 markdown