conclude
[ kuh n-klood ]
/ kənˈklud /
verb (used with object), con·clud·ed, con·clud·ing.
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.
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Nearby words
conciseness, concision, conclave, conclavist, conclination, conclude, conclusion, conclusive, conclusory, concoct, concoction
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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 Forms
concluder, nounWord Origin for conclude
C14: from Latin conclūdere to enclose, end, from claudere to close
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