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cloze test
noun
a test for diagnosing reading ability; words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks
• Syn: ↑cloze procedure
• Hypernyms: ↑diagnostic test, ↑diagnostic assay

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cloze test UK [ˈkləʊz ˌtest] US [ˈkloʊz ˌtest] noun [countable] [singular cloze test plural cloze tests]
a test in which students write missing words in the spaces provided in a piece of writing to show that they understand it
Thesaurus: school and university examinations and testshyponym

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[klōz]
n. a test in which one is asked to supply words that have been removed from a passage in order to measure one's ability to comprehend text
Origin:
1950s: cloze representing a spoken abbreviation of closure

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cloze test [ˈkləʊz test] [ˈkloʊz test] noun
a type of test in which you have to put suitable words in spaces in a text where words have been left out
 
Word Origin:
[cloze test] 1950s: cloze representing a spoken abbreviation of ↑closure.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.