What does "conclusion" mean?
The end, finish, close or last part of something.
Conclusion
/kənˈkluːʒən/ noun
noun ·Very common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The end, finish, close or last part of something.
- Grammar: conclusion is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: finish, closing, end, accommodation.
- Useful contrasts: developmental process, initial, initial stage.
- Usage evidence: Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 the act of making up your mind about something wordnet
- 3 The outcome or result of a process or act. countable, uncountable
- 4 the act of ending something wordnet
- 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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- 6 an intuitive assumption wordnet
- 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."
- 8 a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration wordnet
- 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."
- 10 the last section of a communication wordnet
- 11 The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc. countable, uncountable
- 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
- 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"
- 14 a final settlement wordnet
- 15 arrangement; settlement. countable, uncountable
- 16 event whose occurrence ends something wordnet
- 17 the temporal end; the concluding time wordnet
Antonyms
Example
"Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "conclusion"?
Common synonyms include: finish, closing, end, accommodation, accomplishment, addendum.
How do you use "conclusion" in a sentence?
Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.
How do you pronounce "conclusion"?
Pronounced /kənˈkluːʒən/.
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.