conclusion

[ kuhn-kloo-zhuhn ]
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noun
  1. the end or close; final part.

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

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

  2. final decision: The judge has reached his conclusion.

  3. a reasoned deduction or inference.

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

  5. 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.

  6. Grammar. apodosis.

Idioms about conclusion

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

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

Origin of conclusion

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Latin conclūsiōn-, stem of conclūsiō “a closing,” equivalent to conclūs(us) “closed” (past participle of conclūdere conclude ) + -iō -ion

synonym study For conclusion

1. See end1.

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

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British Dictionary definitions for conclusion

conclusion

/ (kənˈkluːʒən) /


noun
  1. end or termination

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

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

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

  3. 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

  4. law

    • an admission or statement binding on the party making it; estoppel

    • the close of a pleading or of a conveyance

  5. in conclusion lastly; to sum up

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

Origin of conclusion

1
C14: via Old French from Latin; see conclude, -ion

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Other Idioms and Phrases with conclusion

conclusion

see foregone conclusion; jump to a conclusion.

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