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Definition: Cloture |
ClotureNoun1. A rule for ending debate in a deliberative body. Verb1. Terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cloture" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1889. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In parliamentary procedure, cloture (also called closure) is a motion or process aimed at bringing debate to a quick end.In the United States Senate, cloture requires a supermajority of three-fifths. Thus, if a motion has the support of more than one-half, but less than three-fifths, then opponents can stall the Senate by engaging in repetitive debate until concessions are granted; this is a filibuster.
In the United Kingdom Parliament, closure may be adopted in both the House of Commons and in the House of Lords by a simple majority, or more than one-half, of those voting. (In the House of Commons, however, at least one-hundred Members must vote in favour of the motion for cloture to be adopted.) The Speaker of the House of Commons may choose to deny the closure motion if he feels that insufficient debate has occurred, or that the procedure is being used to violate the rights of the minority. In the House of Lords, the Lord Chancellor does not possess an equivalent power.
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Synonyms: ClotureSynonyms: gag rule (n), closure (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cessation | Intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop; stopping; Verb: closure, stoppage, halt; arrival. pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop; interregnum, abeyance; cloture. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cloture |
| Non-English Usage: "Cloture" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (enclosure). |
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| "Cloture de la campagne 1" by Myname Mylastname Commentary: "Black and white one." |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cloture | 75 |
cloture jardin | 6 |
cloture piscine | 6 |
cloture electrique | 5 |
bois cloture de | 4 |
cloture frost | 4 |
cloture de installation montreal | 3 |
cloture oasis | 3 |
chien cloture | 2 |
cloture placement | 2 |
cloture de piscine | 2 |
chien cloture construction | 2 |
bois cloture en | 2 |
cloture électrique | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cloture"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Farsi | کفایت مذاکرات(درمجلس شورا), رای به کفایت مذاکرات دادن . (various references) | |
French | obturateur. (various references) | |
German | Verschluss (breech, breechlock, catch, clash, clasp, closure, fastener, lid, lock, lockage, occlusion, seal, shutter, stopper, top), Verschluß (bolt, breech, closure, fastener, lock, plug, shutter). (various references) | |
Greek | κλείσιμο συζητήσεωσ (closure), κλείσιμο (closing, closure, shutdown), κλείω συζήτηση διά ψηφοφορίασ (closure), τερματισμόσ (closure, termination). (various references) | |
Italian | fermatura (breech, lock, top). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otureclay.(various references) | |
Russian | прекращение прений (closure). (various references) | |
Spanish | obturador (breech, breechblock, choke, choker, lock, obturator, shutter, top). (various references) | |
Turkish | oylamaya geçiş. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cloture": clotured, clotures. (additional references) | |
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"Cloture" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Calotier, clethra, clontibret, Clootie, clotuere, clotur, clotured, cloured, colourer, Colquiri, colture, costure, coture, coutre. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cloture" (pronounced klō"kher) |
| 3 | -ō" kh er | poacher. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: clouter, coulter. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: colter, colure, couter, cutler, lector, reluct. | |
-2 letters: ceorl, clour, clout, court, cruel, cruet, culet, curet, cuter, eruct, lucre, outer, outre, recto, recut, route, truce, ulcer. | |
-3 letters: celt, cero, clot, clue, cole, colt, core, cote, cult, cure, curl, curt, cute, ecru, euro, lore, lour, lout, luce, lure, lute, orle, role, rote, rotl, roue, rout. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: clotured, clotures, clouters, coulters, occulter. | |
+2 letters: coculture, consulter, corpulent, courtlier, nucleator, occulters, peculator, urceolate, ureotelic. | |
+3 letters: cataloguer, cocultured, cocultures, colporteur, consulters, coulometer, coulometry, courtliest, edulcorate, ejaculator, elucidator, locutories, nucleators, operculate, orbiculate, outcrawled, peculators, sclerotium, speculator, telecourse, ulceration, uricotelic, volumetric. | |
+4 letters: blockbuster, breechclout, cataloguers, colporteurs, congruently, conjectural, construable, corpulently, corruptible, coulometers, coulometric, counterblow, counterflow, counterfoil, counterplan, counterplay, counterplea, counterplot, counterploy, countervail, courteously, courtliness, crenulation, edulcorated, edulcorates, ejaculators, ejaculatory, electrocute, elucidators, emasculator, exculpatory, executorial, fluorescent, granulocyte, intercouple, involucrate, lactiferous, luteotropic, microtubule, monoculture, multicourse, multisource, neuroleptic, operculated, radiolucent, reductional, reinoculate, reluctation, speculators, telecourses, terricolous, tuberculoid, tuberculous, ulcerations, uricotelism. | |
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