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fore·close
 foreclose
- pronunciation:
- for
kloz
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
foreclosed, forecloses, foreclosing |
| definition 1: |
to take away the right to redeem (a mortgage) or to take that right away from (the mortgagor), esp. for failure to make timely payments.
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| definition 2: |
to bar or rule out.
Let's not foreclose any possibilities. |
| definition 3: |
to close or resolve beforehand.
Her speech foreclosed all my objections.- similar words:
- obviate
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| related words: |
evict |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to foreclose a mortgage.
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| derivation: |
foreclosable (adj.) |
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