cloze
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English
Etymology
From closure in Gestalt therapy, 1950s.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kləʊz/
- (US) IPA(key): /kloʊz/
Audio (US): (file) - Homophones: close, clothes (when the /ð/ is omitted)
- Rhymes: -əʊz
Noun
cloze (plural clozes)
- (education) A form of written examination in which candidates are required to provide words that have been omitted from sentences, thereby demonstrating their knowledge and comprehension of the text.
- 1994, Joseph Boyle, Peter Falvey, English Language Testing in Hong Kong, page 8:
- The clozes, at least those used in the examinations, have the distinct advantage that they expose the students to continuous and reasonably authentic text […]
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Further reading
Cloze test on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
