finale
close
closing curtain
finis | the concluding part of any performance |
completion
culmination
closing windup
mop up | a concluding action |
closure
closedown
closing
shutdown | termination of operations, they regretted the closure of the day care center |
| plant closing | act of shutting down operation of a plant |
| bank closing | act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure |
| closing closure | approaching a particular destination, a coming closer, a narrowing of a gap, the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision |
shutting
closing | the act of closing something |
isolation
closing off | the act of isolating something, setting something apart from others |
| words | language that is spoken or written, he has a gift for words, she put her thoughts into words |
conclusion
end
close
closing
ending | the last section of a communication, in conclusion I want to say... |
palaver
hot air
empty words
empty talk
rhetoric | loud and confused and empty talk, mere rhetoric |
actor's line
speech words | words making up the dialogue of a play, the actor forgot his speech |
string of words
word string
linguistic string | a linear sequence of words as spoken or written |
| lyric words language | the text of a popular song or musicalomedy number, his compositions always started with the lyrics, he wrote both words and music, the song uses colloquial language |
wording
diction
phrasing
phraseology
choice of words
verbiage | the manner in which something is expressed in words, use concise military verbiage- G.S.Patton |
| words | the words that are spoken, I listened to his words very closely |
wind malarkey
malarky
idle words
jazz nothingness | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk, that's a lot of wind, don't give me any of that jazz |
sweet nothings
honeyed words | inconsequential expressions of affection, he whispered sweet nothings into her ear |
quarrel
wrangle row
words run-in
dustup | an angry dispute, they had a quarrel, they had words |
| closing price | (stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day's trading session |
| closing time | the regular time of day when an establishment closes to the public |
words per minute
wpm | the rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing) |
call on the carpet
take to task
rebuke
rag
trounce
reproof
lecture
reprimand jaw dress down
call down
scold
chide
berate
bawl out
remonstrate chew out
chew up
have words
lambaste
lambast
dcc | censure severely or angrily, The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car, The deputy ragged the Prime Minister, The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup |
| closing | final or ending, the closing stages of the election, the closing weeks of the year, the closing scene of the film, closing remarks |
in other words
put differently | otherwise stated, in other words, we are broke |