cloze

C2 Topic:Education & Learning

US /kloʊz/ UK /kləʊz/ See IPA manual

Homophones

Minimal pairs

Sounds like clothe /ð/ vs /z/

Meanings

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noun
an exercise or test in which words are removed from a passage and the learner fills the gaps using the context

The teacher used a cloze to check whether the class understood the passage.

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Word family

Related forms test

Etymology

An altered shortening of closure.

Topics

Education & Learning

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