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- pronunciation:
- klo
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb & intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
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noun |
| definition: |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed.
The Senate voted to invoke cloture in order to end the tactics of delay being employed by a few senators who hoped to round up more votes on their side. |
| related words: |
closure |
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transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
clotures, cloturing, clotured |
| definition: |
to end (a debate) by this method.
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