0 present participle of foreclose
1 (especially of banks) to take back property that was bought with borrowed money because the money was not being paid back as formally agreed:
The bank is threatening to foreclose on the family's house.
2 to prevent something from being considered as a possibility in the future:
The leader's aggressive stance seems to have foreclosed any chance of diplomatic compromise.
One is the focus on collective identity, which de-emphasises individual experience, thereby foreclosing biographical approaches.
One was pronounced utterly pure or thoroughly vile, foreclosing moderation and due exercise of judgement.
Weak consensus impedes the duration of inquiry by prematurely announcing that issues are satisfactorily concluded, hence foreclosing further projects.
They find themselves defaulting on second mortgages, and the procedures for foreclosing start to apply.
Take the case of a freehold being mortgaged and the mortgagee afterwards foreclosing and taking possession.
Therefore, we prevented by our decision the foreclosing of a very important option for the future.
Will he have discussions with them about their attitudes towards particularly the question of their foreclosing of mortgages without informing wives?
I did not quite understand what he was saying about foreclosing on the books.
