Question 1

What does "close down" mean?

Accepted Answer

Of a business or organisation: to permanently or indefinitely stop operating.

Question 2

How do you use "close down" in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

The local bookshop closed down after thirty years because it could no longer compete with online retailers.

Question 3

Is "close down" formal or informal?

Accepted Answer

"close down" is register-neutral — appropriate in both casual and formal contexts. Used for businesses, shops, factories, radio/TV stations, and websites. Can be transitive (the government closed it down) or intransitive (the shop closed down). The implication is often permanent. Common in journalism and everyday speech.

close down

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"down" 포함 구문