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.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Cloze
Noun
Singular:
clozePlural:
clozesOrigin of Cloze
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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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