conclude

[ kuh n-klood ]

/ kənˈklud /

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verb (used with object), con·clud·ed, con·clud·ing.

to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.

to say in conclusion: At the end of the speech he concluded that we had been a fine audience.

to bring to a decision or settlement; settle or arrange finally: to conclude a treaty.

to determine by reasoning; deduce; infer: They studied the document and concluded that the author must have been an eyewitness.

to decide, determine, or resolve: He concluded that he would go no matter what the weather.

Obsolete.

to shut up or enclose.
to restrict or confine.

verb (used without object), con·clud·ed, con·clud·ing.

to come to an end; finish: The meeting concluded at ten o'clock.

to arrive at an opinion or judgment; come to a decision; decide: The jury concluded to set the accused free.

Nearby words

conciseness, concision, conclave, conclavist, conclination, conclude, conclusion, conclusive, conclusively, conclusory, concoct

Origin of conclude

1250–1300; Middle English < Latin conclūdere to close, end an argument, equivalent to con- con- + -clūdere, combining form of claudere to close

Related forms

con·clud·a·ble, con·clud·i·ble, adjectivecon·clud·er, nounnon·con·clud·ing, adjectivepre·con·clude, verb (used with object), pre·con·clud·ed, pre·con·clud·ing.

un·con·clud·a·ble, adjectiveun·con·clud·ed, adjectivewell-con·clud·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for conclude

TPA would allow Obama to conclude negotiations on a major trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
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Nonetheless, there are too many rumors and reports to allow one to conclude that all is well in Pyongyang.
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So, he participates in the swinging parties, we can conclude?
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“I will conclude with a question for all the humanitarians out there,” Gordon writes.
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It seems reasonable to conclude that U.S. immigration policy is simply not driving this current crisis.
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Nothing more having been heard of our poor little kitten, we can only conclude that she has gone overboard.
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In London they cite again the example of the wars of Napoleon, and conclude with: "What man has done man can do again."
In the World War|Count Ottokar Czernin
He was very clever at out-guessing a pitcher and being able to conclude what was coming.
Pitching in a Pinch|Christy Mathewson
To conclude ascetically is to give up, and not to solve, the problem.
The Pocket R.L.S.|Robert Louis Stevenson
But before I could conclude, she burst into a torrent of tears and rushed from the room.
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British Dictionary definitions for conclude

conclude

/ (kənˈkluːd) /

verb (mainly tr)

(also intr) to come or cause to come to an end or conclusion

(takes a clause as object) to decide by reasoning; deducethe judge concluded that the witness had told the truth

to arrange finally; settleto conclude a treaty; it was concluded that he should go

obsolete to confine

Derived Formsconcluder, noun

Word Origin for conclude

C14: from Latin conclūdere to enclose, end, from claudere to close

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Word Origin and History for conclude

conclude

early 14c., "end an argument," from Latin concludere "to shut up, enclose," from com- "together" (see com-) + -cludere, comb. form of claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)). Meaning "reach a mental conclusion, deduce" is from late 14c., a sense also in Latin. Related: Concluded; concluding.

conclude

verb (used with object), con·clud·ed, con·clud·ing.

verb (used without object), con·clud·ed, con·clud·ing.

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