close the meeting — end a meeting
collocationB1IELTS 5+neutralcommon
To officially finish a meeting, often by making a final statement or thanking everyone for coming.
Say it like a native
Textbook I hereby formally bring this assembly to its conclusion.
Native Let's wrap up the meeting.
'Hereby formally bring this assembly to conclusion' is ceremonial; 'wrap up the meeting' is natural.
Pattern: close the meeting
In use
- The manager closed the meeting after everyone had shared their ideas.work
- In my last group project, I was responsible for taking notes and helping to close the meeting by summarizing our decisions.IELTS speaking
Common mistake
✗ Let's close the meeting and go to home.
✓ Let's close the meeting and go home.
It's 'go home' — no 'to'.
Common collocations
close the meeting— close, wrap up, bring to a close, end
Don't confuse it
'End the meeting' is also correct, but 'close the meeting' sounds more formal and is often used by the person leading the meeting.