Cloture — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

terminate debate by calling for a vote

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈuːlwɑːɹ/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈɪɡə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈɪɡə/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈuːlwɑːɹ/.

Examples

debate was closured
cloture the discussion

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

gag rule gag law closure

Parts of Speech

noun	a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
verb	terminate debate by calling for a vote “debate was closured”

Word Forms

closure	verb	terminate debate by calling for a vote
cloture	verb	terminate debate by calling for a vote
closure	noun	a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
cloture	noun	a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

clôture

une règle pour limiter ou mettre fin au débat dans un organe délibérant

🇪🇸Spanish

cierre

una regla para limitar o poner fin al debate en un órgano deliberante

🇳🇱Dutch

sluiting

een regel om het debat in een overlegorgaan te beperken of te beëindigen

🇵🇹Portuguese

coagulação

uma regra para limitar ou encerrar o debate em um órgão deliberativo

🇷🇺Russian

прекращение прений

правило ограничения или прекращения дебатов в совещательном органе

India

🇮🇳Hindi

थक्का

विचार-विमर्श निकाय में बहस को सीमित करने या समाप्त करने का एक नियम

🇮🇳Tamil

உறைதல்

ஒரு விவாத அமைப்பில் விவாதத்தை கட்டுப்படுத்த அல்லது முடிப்பதற்கான விதி

🇮🇳Telugu

గడ్డకట్టడం

చర్చా వేదికలో చర్చను పరిమితం చేయడానికి లేదా ముగించడానికి ఒక నియమం

🇮🇳Marathi

क्लोचर

मुद्दाम शरीरात वादविवाद मर्यादित किंवा समाप्त करण्याचा नियम

🇮🇳Gujarati

ક્લોચર

ઇરાદાપૂર્વકની સંસ્થામાં ચર્ચાને મર્યાદિત કરવા અથવા સમાપ્ત કરવા માટેનો નિયમ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹೆಪ್ಪುಗಟ್ಟುವಿಕೆ

ಒಂದು ವಿಚಾರಣಾ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಚರ್ಚೆಯನ್ನು ಸೀಮಿತಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಅಥವಾ ಕೊನೆಗೊಳಿಸುವ ನಿಯಮ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ക്ലോച്ചർ

ഒരു ചർച്ചാ ബോഡിയിൽ സംവാദം പരിമിതപ്പെടുത്തുന്നതിനോ അവസാനിപ്പിക്കുന്നതിനോ ഉള്ള ഒരു നിയമം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਲਚਰ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਚਾਰ-ਵਟਾਂਦਰੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਹਿਸ ਨੂੰ ਸੀਮਤ ਕਰਨ ਜਾਂ ਖਤਮ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਨਿਯਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

کلچر

سوچے سمجھے جسم میں بحث کو محدود کرنے یا ختم کرنے کا اصول

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

闭合

限制或结束审议机构辩论的规则

🇯🇵Japanese

クロージャ

審議機関における議論を制限または終了するための規則

🇰🇷Korean

옷

심의회에서 토론을 제한하거나 종료하는 규칙

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cỏ ba lá

một quy tắc để hạn chế hoặc kết thúc cuộc tranh luận trong một cơ quan thảo luận

🇹🇭Thai

เสื้อผ้า

กฎสำหรับการจำกัดหรือยุติการอภิปรายในร่างการพิจารณา

🇮🇩Indonesian

pakaian

aturan untuk membatasi atau mengakhiri perdebatan dalam badan musyawarah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جلطة

قاعدة للحد من النقاش أو إنهائه في هيئة تداولية

🇮🇷Persian

بستن

قاعده ای برای محدود کردن یا پایان دادن به بحث در یک هیئت مشورتی

🇹🇷Turkish

pıhtı

müzakereci bir organdaki tartışmayı sınırlamak veya sona erdirmek için bir kural

🇮🇱Hebrew

לבוש

כלל להגבלת או סיום דיון בגוף דיוני

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