closed-door

closed-door
adjective
not open to the public
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a closed-door meeting

• Similar to: ↑private

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: done or carried on in a closed session barring public and press

a closed-door session of the investigating committee

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/klohzd"dawr", -dohr"/, adj.
held in strict privacy; not open to the press or the public: a closed-door strategy meeting of banking executives.
[1930-35]

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closed-doorˈ see ↑behind closed doors below.
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Main Entry: ↑close

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closed-door UK US adjective
held in private, with no journalists or members of the public allowed in
Thesaurus: secret, secretive and in secretsynonym

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closed-door «KLOHZD DR, -DOHR», adjective.
not open to the public; private: »

President Eisenhower continued his closed-door huddling with scientists on the touchy missile and satellite topics (Wall Street Journal).

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the senior staff went into closed-door sessions

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/ˈkloʊzdˈdoɚ/ adj, always used before a noun
: held secretly or privately

The council held a closed-door session in Washington.

closed-door meetings


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