"cloture" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkloʊ.t͡ʃɝ/ [US], /ˈkloʊ.t͡ʃɚ/ [US], /ˈkloʊ.tjʊə(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: clotures [plural]
enPR: klō'chûr Etymology: Borrowed from French clôture (“closure”). Doublet of closure and clausure. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|clôture||closure}} French clôture (“closure”), {{doublet|en|closure|clausure}} Doublet of closure and clausure Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cloture (countable and uncountable, plural clotures)
  1. (law, politics, chiefly US) In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For example, in the United States Senate, a three-fifths majority vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate debate. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Politics Synonyms: clôture, closure Related terms: claustrophobia, cloister Translations (a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter): berekesztés (Hungarian), lezárás (Hungarian), (azonnali) szavazással (english: by a[n immediate] vote) (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-cloture-en-noun-wxRCyDPk Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 90 10 Topics: government, law, politics

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkloʊ.t͡ʃɝ/ [US], /ˈkloʊ.t͡ʃɚ/ [US], /ˈkloʊ.tjʊə(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: clotures [present, singular, third-person], cloturing [participle, present], clotured [participle, past], clotured [past]
enPR: klō'chûr Etymology: Borrowed from French clôture (“closure”). Doublet of closure and clausure. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|clôture||closure}} French clôture (“closure”), {{doublet|en|closure|clausure}} Doublet of closure and clausure Head templates: {{en-verb}} cloture (third-person singular simple present clotures, present participle cloturing, simple past and past participle clotured)
  1. To end legislative debate by this means. Translations (to end legislative debate by this means): berekeszt (Hungarian), lezár (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-cloture-en-verb-8yjGoXhh

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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