Cloze

Origin

From closure ("completion"), with s changed to the phonetically identical z.

Full definition of cloze

Noun

1. (education) A form of written examination technique 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...
• , 2013-03-13, , Lückentext - cloze, this time the cloze is about the declination of adjectives

Synonyms

• cloze test

Anagrams

• zocle