Closed and Starting

Closed

Closed adjective - Not open.

Starting is an antonym for closed in topics: finished, exclusive, shut.

Nearby Words: close, closing, closure, closer

Starting

Starting adjective - Appropriate to the beginning or start of an event.

Closed is an antonym for starting.

Nearby Words: start, started, starter, startup

Both words in one sentence

  • Slapstick Knows No Gender Angelina Love running into a closed door after realizing The Beautiful People's ambush on then TNA newcomer Tara was starting to go south.
  • Ran on the little-noticed MOJO HD network starting in 2006 for three seasons until the channel closed.
  • Visual Novel / Umineko: When They Cry EP6 does this as well, starting with Battler's horrific defeat and a closed room prison that is revisited multiple times before it finally makes sense.
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