closing
閉店
解説 Definition
closing は close（閉める・閉まる）の動名詞で、名詞としては店などの閉店を表します。営業が終わる時刻や、店を閉める行為について使われます。
Closing is the time when a shop, restaurant, or other business stops operating for the day, or the act of ending its business activity. It is commonly used in expressions such as before closing, after closing, and closing time.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 close「閉める・閉まる」の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた形が closing です。動名詞として「閉めること」から「閉店・営業終了」を表し、before closing「閉店前」、after closing「閉店後」、closing time「閉店時刻」が定番です。closure は恒久的な閉鎖にも使いますが、closing は一日の営業終了を指すことが多い、と区別します。
Start with the verb close, meaning to shut or end operation. Drop the final e before adding -ing: close becomes closing. For this noun sense, picture a shop locking its doors at the end of the business day. Learn the common phrases before closing, after closing, and closing time. Closing often refers to the regular end of daily business, whereas closure can describe a longer or permanent shutdown. The context distinguishes this sense from other uses of closing, such as the final part of a speech or completing a business agreement.
例文
The shop's closing is at eight.
その店の閉店は8時です。
We arrived just before closing.
私たちは閉店の直前に着きました。
The manager checked the doors after closing.
店長は閉店後にドアを確認しました。
closing の類義語・関連語
closing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
closing は close に名詞化の -ing が付いた語で、close は古フランス語 clore、さらにラテン語 claudere「閉じる」に由来します。「閉じる行為・締めくくり」がそのまま「閉店」「終わり」を表すようになりました。関連語は closure, enclose。
Closing is formed from close with the suffix -ing, which can name an action or process. Close entered English through Old French clore and related forms, ultimately from Latin claudere, meaning “to shut.” The sense developed from physically shutting something to ending an activity, period, or business day. As a noun in retail and service contexts, closing can therefore mean either the act of shutting the premises or the scheduled time when business ends.
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