DEFINITIONS

conclude

[ kuh n-klood ]
/ kənˈklud /
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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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Words related to conclude

end, complete, terminate, close, achieve, halt, make, accomplish, decide, confirm, establish, rule, determine, stop, clinch, crown, desist, cease, cinch, consummate

Words nearby conclude

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

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

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British Dictionary definitions for concluded

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 of conclude

concluder, noun

Word Origin for conclude

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