MyChew Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
bring an end to ~
So far I've memorized those as idiomatic expressions, "bring an end to ~", "bring a close to ~" and today I met a new one, "bring closure to ~" as in "As some try to bring closure to a case, police continue to search for her killer."
In that case, should I memorize this expression "bring closure to ~" as another idiomatic expression or you can just say it is OK to replace the word with the same meaning if it makes sense?
For example, "bring a conclusion to ~", "bring a halt to ~", "bring a termination to ~", "bring a finish to ~", "bring a closing to ~", "bring an ending to ~" ... ...
I actually searched for the usage of those expressions and found out that "bring [a termination, a finish, a closing, an ending] to ~" are rarely used compared to "bring [a conslusion, halt] to ~" .... Does that mean it is not recommneded to use them or it is not common but can use them as well?
In that case, should I memorize this expression "bring closure to ~" as another idiomatic expression or you can just say it is OK to replace the word with the same meaning if it makes sense?
For example, "bring a conclusion to ~", "bring a halt to ~", "bring a termination to ~", "bring a finish to ~", "bring a closing to ~", "bring an ending to ~" ... ...
I actually searched for the usage of those expressions and found out that "bring [a termination, a finish, a closing, an ending] to ~" are rarely used compared to "bring [a conslusion, halt] to ~" .... Does that mean it is not recommneded to use them or it is not common but can use them as well?
Top answer
Bring closure has a specific meaning nowadays: to reconcile one's emotions to a traumatic event; to attain a sense of psychological certainty or completeness. For the others, I find these natural: "bring an end to ~", "bring to a close ","bring to a conclusion ", "bring a halt to ~", "bring to an end ".
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Bring closure has a specific meaning nowadays: to reconcile one's emotions to a traumatic event; to attain a sense of psychological certainty or completeness.
For the others, I find these natural:
"bring an end to ~", "bring to a close","bring to a conclusion", "bring a halt to ~", "bring to an end".
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Bring closure has a specific meaning nowadays: to reconcile one's emotions to a traumatic event; to attain a sense of psychological certainty or completeness.
For the others, I find these natural:
"bring an end to ~", "bring to a close","bring to a conclusion", "bring a halt to ~", "bring to an end".
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