cloze C2 Topic:Education & Learning US /kloʊz/ UK /kləʊz/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 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. Thesaurus Word family Related forms test Etymology An altered shortening of closure. Topics Education & Learning External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cloze **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kloʊz/ **IPA (UK):** /kləʊz/ ## Meanings 1. an exercise or test in which words are removed from a passage and the learner fills the gaps using the context ## Examples - The teacher used a cloze to check whether the class understood the passage. ## Related Forms - test ## Etymology An altered shortening of closure. ## Topics - Education & Learning markdown