concluded

[kuhn-kloo-did]

adjective

1. brought to an end; finished.

   The Nigerian contingent to the just concluded Olympics returned with seven gold medals.

   The complaint states that this investigation amounts to reopening a concluded issue.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of conclude.

Other Word Forms

• unconcluded adjective
• well-concluded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of concluded¹

conclude ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

An investigation report from North Wales Police later concluded the alleged burglary victim had "lied to police" and "it now appears that said property was never stolen in the first place".

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The American College of Cardiology, a group of professionals that publishes medical journals, concluded Watchman has caused fewer postprocedural medical complications and is currently the safer product.

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She concluded that “it looks like the peak of trans identification is in the past.”

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Last year a report from the forensic accountants Kroll Associates concluded that there was a "reasonable likelihood" that faults with Capture had resulted in shortfalls in Post Office branches in a similar way to Horizon.

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If appropriate actions had been taken, they "would have likely reduced harm to paediatric orthopaedic patients", the independent investigators concluded.

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Related Words

• closed 
• decided 
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• full 
• realized 
• resolved 
• satisfied 
• settled 
• stopped