conclusion
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.
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
1synonym study For conclusion
Other words for conclusion
Opposites for conclusion
Other words from conclusion
- con·clu·sion·al, adjective
- con·clu·sion·al·ly, adverb
- non·con·clu·sion, noun
- pre·con·clu·sion, noun
Words Nearby conclusion
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How to use conclusion in a sentence
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 | THE DAILY BEASTEditorial and political cartoon pages from throughout the world almost unanimously came to the same conclusion.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead | Luke O’Neil | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTFollowing this line of reasoning to its logical conclusion, the way to achieve world peace is to give everyone atomic bombs.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTMagnum came into being as a cooperative only two years after the conclusion of World War II.
And the others, not knowing that he had that day repented, sat at their distance and tried to form no conclusion.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxThe conclusion is reached that, despite these drawbacks, the Jesuit mission in Canada has made a hopeful beginning.
The interest of the story is now at an end; but much yet remains before the conclusion.
How would the involuntary accusation have been embittered, had he known that the Empress drew the same conclusion!
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterI 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
/ (kənˈkluːʒən) /
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
Origin of conclusion
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with conclusion
see foregone conclusion; jump to a conclusion.
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