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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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RELATED WORDS

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

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
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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 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 concluded

conclude

v.

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.

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