closing speech
1closing speech — statements made at the end of a convention or conference; statements made by a lawyer immediately before a judgment is decided …
2closing — 1 adjective (only before noun) happening or done at the end of a period of time or event: closing remarks/words/speech/ceremony: Yeltsin s closing speech was a call for a referendum on land ownership. | closing stages/seconds/minutes etc: The UN… …
3closing — clos|ing1 [ˈkləuzıŋ US ˈklou ] adj [only before noun] happening or done at the end of an event or a period of time closing remarks/words/ceremony etc ▪ The judge gave his closing speech to the jury. closing stages/seconds/minutes etc ▪ in the… …
4speech — /speech/, n. 1. the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one s thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity. 2. the act of speaking: He expresses… …
5closing argument — n: the final address to the jury by the attorney for each side of a case in which the attorney usu. summarizes the evidence and his or her client s position – called also closing statement, final argument, summation, summing up; ◇ Rule 29.1 of… …
6closing — ▪ I. closing clos‧ing 1 [ˈkləʊzɪŋ ǁ ˈkloʊ ] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] when a shop or company stops operating permanently: • The risk of injury did not justify the closing of the factory. • The firm has announced a series of short term… …
7speech — noun 1 speaking ADJECTIVE ▪ slurred ▪ She could tell by his slurred speech that he had been drinking. ▪ clipped ▪ casual ▪ connected …
8closing — I noun 1. the act of closing something (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑shutting • Ant: ↑opening • Derivationally related forms: ↑close, ↑shut ( …
9concluding speech — closing address, closing speech …
10closing — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Closing is used before these nouns: ↑ceremony, ↑date, ↑time {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. Closing is used with these nouns: ↑argument, ↑bell, ↑concert, ↑credit, ↑decade, ↑minute …
