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Conclusion

//kənˈkluːʒən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The end, finish, close or last part of something. countable, uncountable

    "At the end of the seventh hour, a flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest; […]"

  2. 2
    the act of making up your mind about something wordnet
  3. 3
    The outcome or result of a process or act. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the act of ending something wordnet
  5. 5
    A decision reached after careful thought. countable, uncountable

    "The board has come to the conclusion that the proposed takeover would not be in the interest of our shareholders."

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  1. 6
    an intuitive assumption wordnet
  2. 7
    In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises. countable, uncountable

    "He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion."

  3. 8
    a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration wordnet
  4. 9
    An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "[W]ee practiſe likewise all Concluſions of Grafting, and Inoculating, as well of VVilde-Trees, as Fruit-Trees, which produceth many Effects."

  5. 10
    the last section of a communication wordnet
  6. 11
    The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) wordnet
  8. 13
    An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. countable, uncountable

    "It was determined, that though the fine operated at first by conclusion, and passed no interest, yet the estoppel should bind the heir"

  9. 14
    a final settlement wordnet
  10. 15
    arrangement; settlement. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    event whose occurrence ends something wordnet
  12. 17
    the temporal end; the concluding time wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French conclusion, from Latin conclūsiō, from the past participle stem of conclūdere (“to conclude”), from con- + claudō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). By surface analysis, conclude + -sion.

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