Cloze Definition

klōz
adjective
Designating or of a test of comprehension in which blank spaces at regular intervals in a text must be filled in with appropriate words.
Webster's New World
noun

(education) A form of written examination technique in which candidates are required to provide words that have been omitted from sentences, thereby demonstrating their knowledge and comprehension of the text.

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Other Word Forms of Cloze

Noun

Singular:
cloze
Plural:
clozes

Origin of Cloze

  • From closure (“completion”), with s changed to the phonetically identical z.

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration of closure

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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