cloze
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 5
/kləʊz/
(UK)
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/kləʊz/ (UK) · /kloʊz/ (US)
Definition of cloze
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A form of written examination in which candidates are required to provide words that have been omitted from sentences, thereby demonstrating their knowledge and comprehension of the text.
“The clozes, at least those used in the examinations, have the distinct advantage that they expose the students to continuous and reasonably authentic text[…]”
“this time the cloze is about the declination of adjectives”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From closure in Gestalt therapy, 1950s.
Words you can make from cloze
10 playable · top: COZ (14 pts)
Best play coz 14 points4-letter words
1 word3-letter words
5 words2-letter words
3 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 back
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