conclusion

[ kuhn-kloo-zhuhn ]

/ kənˈklu ʒən /

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noun

the end or close; final part.

the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached.

a result, issue, or outcome; settlement or arrangement: The restitution payment was one of the conclusions of the negotiations.

final decision: The judge has reached his conclusion.

a reasoned deduction or inference.

Logic. a proposition concluded or inferred from the premises of an argument.

Law.

the effect of an act by which the person performing the act is bound not to do anything inconsistent therewith; an estoppel.
the end of a pleading or conveyance.

Grammar. apodosis.

OTHER WORDS FOR conclusion

1 ending, termination, completion, finale.

2 summation.

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1 beginning.

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Idioms about conclusion

in conclusion, finally: In conclusion, I would like to thank you for your attention.

try conclusions with, to engage oneself in a struggle for victory or mastery over, as a person or an impediment.

Origin of conclusion

1300–50; Middle English <Latin conclūsiōn- (stem of conclūsiō), equivalent to conclūs(us) closed, past participle of conclūdere (conclūd- to conclude + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn--ion

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1. See end¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM conclusion

con·clu·sion·al, adjectivecon·clu·sion·al·ly, adverbnon·con·clu·sion, nounpre·con·clu·sion, noun

Words nearby conclusion

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

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How to use conclusion in a sentence

The conclusions were drawn by the majority staff under committee Chairman Peter DeFazio.
Boeing crashes were the “horrific culmination” of multiple mistakes, House report says|kdunn6|September 16, 2020|Fortune
It has been a difficult journey for her, but fortunately it has a happy conclusion.
Lesbian woman from Cuba granted asylum in U.S.|Yariel Valdés González|September 15, 2020|Washington Blade
The real conclusion, yet again, is that getting the most bang out of your altitude buck is complicated and highly individual.
Why Altitude Training Helps Some but Not Others|Alex Hutchinson|September 11, 2020|Outside Online
Westlake has disputed the conclusions and details of a legislative report that corroborated three women’s complaints that he made unwanted sexual advances.
The Woman Propositioned by Alaska’s Former Lieutenant Governor Tells Her Story for the First Time|by Kyle Hopkins and Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News|September 10, 2020|ProPublica

Local research into police stops has reached similar conclusions.
Sacramento Report: 3 Takeaways From a Wild Legislative Session|Sara Libby|September 4, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Was there an investigation of people at DOJ before they arrived at that conclusion?
Ex-CBS Reporter Sharyl Attkisson’s Battle Royale With the Feds|Lloyd Grove|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Editorial and political cartoon pages from throughout the world almost unanimously came to the same conclusion.
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Following this line of reasoning to its logical conclusion, the way to achieve world peace is to give everyone atomic bombs.
Santa Fails One More Time|P. J. O’Rourke|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In that sense, the last Report was mildly unsatisfying as a conclusion, in that it left so much unresolved.
The End of Truthiness: Stephen Colbert’s Sublime Finale|Noel Murray|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Magnum came into being as a cooperative only two years after the conclusion of World War II.
A History of Paris in 150 Photographs|Sarah Moroz|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the others, not knowing that he had that day repented, sat at their distance and tried to form no conclusion.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The conclusion is reached that, despite these drawbacks, the Jesuit mission in Canada has made a hopeful beginning.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
The interest of the story is now at an end; but much yet remains before the conclusion.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
How would the involuntary accusation have been embittered, had he known that the Empress drew the same conclusion!
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I made the experiment two years ago, and all my experience since has corroborated the conclusion then arrived at.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)

British Dictionary definitions for conclusion

conclusion

/ (kənˈkluːʒən) /

noun

end or termination

the last main division of a speech, lecture, essay, etc

the outcome or result of an act, process, event, etc (esp in the phrase a foregone conclusion)

a final decision or judgment; resolution (esp in the phrase come to a conclusion)

logic

a statement that purports to follow from another or others (the premises) by means of an argument
a statement that does validly follow from given premises

law

an admission or statement binding on the party making it; estoppel
the close of a pleading or of a conveyance

in conclusion lastly; to sum up

jump to conclusions to come to a conclusion prematurely, without sufficient thought or on incomplete evidence

Word Origin for conclusion

C14: via Old French from Latin; see conclude, -ion

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conclusion

see foregone conclusion; jump to a conclusion.

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