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adj. - Of, relating to, or being a test of reading comprehension that involves having the person being tested supply words which have been systematically deleted from a text.

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  • Nawt bery eggsitin but nawt bahd an cloze tew hoam
  • Conga Rats tew herz, an tew U fer gettin dis cloze.
  • No, no, no wuz posed tu bee : P but cloze tugedder.
  • Icepax outside of cloze help insishunz feel better.
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  • To "close" is to end an activity, "clothes" are garments, "cloths" are materials made by weaving, while "cloze" pertains to a test of reading comprehension which requires the testee to fill in the deleted words in a written text.
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