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An example use of closure in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… take to prevent the closure of the mild …”
Closure is the act of bringing to a definite end or bringing to a state of completion.
the word closure occurs in english on average 19.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that closure can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) communication, information, and media;
3) leisure and entertainment;
4) people, society, and culture;