Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

close of play

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.16 in modern English

Syllables: close of -play
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The end of a day's play.

Uncountable

noun

The end of the final game (not to be confused with set or match) during a day at the Wimbledon Championships.

Uncountable

noun

The end of the working day.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In fact, in our global financial institution, close of play was taken to be 1615 EST with all subsequent trades going on to the next day"
"Ask yourself this question: If you delegate, will the task be done: [...] Sooner (completing the task earlier, e.g. this project will finish close of play Thursday if I delegate; if I do not, close of play Friday)"
"Your mother can be buried at the Smolensky graveyard on Vadilevsky, which is, I understand, in accordance with her wishes. That’s official as of close of play today."

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

stumps

Questions

What does close of play mean?: The end of a day's play.

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