conclusion
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Noun (9)conclusions
- a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration“a decision unfavorable to the opposition”“his conclusion took the evidence into account”“satisfied with the panel's determination”Synonyms: decisiondeterminationType of judgment, judgementKinds predetermination
- an intuitive assumption“jump to a conclusion”Type of assumption, suppositionKinds non sequitur
- the temporal end; the concluding time“the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell”“the market was up at the finish”“they were playing better at the close of the season”Synonyms: stopping pointfinalefinisfinishlastcloseType of end, ending
- event whose occurrence ends something“his death marked the ending of an era”“when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show”Synonyms: endingfinishOpposite beginningType of happening, occurrenceKinds victory, result, end, defeat, destruction, stop, foregone conclusion, omega
- the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)Synonyms: ratiocinationType of propositionPart of syllogismParts major term, minor term
- the act of ending something“the termination of the agreement”Synonyms: terminationendingType of change of stateKinds destruction, killing, closure, abortion, adjournment, dismissal, dissolution, completion, liquidation, abolition +11 more
- a final settlement“the conclusion of a business deal”“the conclusion of the peace treaty”
- the last section of a communication“in conclusion I want to say …”Synonyms: endcloseclosingending
- the act of making up your mind about something“the burden of decision was his”“he drew his conclusions quickly”Synonyms: decisiondetermination
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Translations
Noun end, final part
- Spanish
- conclusión
- French
- conclusion
- German
- Schluss
- Italian
- conclusione
- Portuguese
- conclusão
- Turkish
- son
- Russian
- оконча́ние okončánije
- Arabic
- خَاتِمَة ḵātima
- Japanese
- 終わり owari
- Dutch
- conclusie
13 more languages
- Polish
- konkluzja
- Korean
- 종결 jonggyeol
- Indonesian
- kesimpulan
- Portuguese (PT)
- conclusão
- Catalan
- conclusió
- Czech
- závěr
- Danish
- konklusion
- Esperanto
- konkludo
- Finnish
- johtopäätös
- Icelandic
- endir
- Norwegian
- avslutning
- Romanian
- concluzie
- Scottish Gaelic
- eàrr
Noun decision, judgment
- Spanish
- conclusión
- German
- Schlussfolgerung
- Italian
- conclusione
- Portuguese
- conclusão
- Russian
- вы́вод vývod
- Arabic
- استنتاج istintāj
- Chinese
- 结论 jiélùn
- Japanese
- 結論 ketsuron
- Dutch
- conclusie
- Polish
- wniosek
19 more languages
- Swedish
- slutsats
- Greek
- συμπέρασμα sympérasma
- Korean
- 결론 gyeollon
- Vietnamese
- kết luận
- Hungarian
- következtetés
- Portuguese (PT)
- conclusão
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 結論 jiélùn
- Albanian
- përfundim
- Catalan
- conclusió
- Czech
- závěr
- Esperanto
- konkludo
- Finnish
- johtopäätös
- Georgian
- დასკვნა daskvna
- Hebrew
- מַסְקָנָה maskaná
- Icelandic
- niðurstaða
- Kurdish
- encam
- Norwegian
- konklusjon
- Swahili
- hitimisho
- Welsh
- casgliad
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude.
1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end.
A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest.— William Hickling Prescott
2. Final decision; determination; result.
And the conclusion is, she shall be thine.— William Shakespeare
3. Any inference or result of reasoning.
4. Logic The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.
He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion.— Joseph Addison
5. Drawing of inferences. poetic
Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion.— William Shakespeare
6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. obsolete
We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
7. Law (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, “against the peace,” etc. (b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. Francis Wharton
Conclusion to the country Law, the conclusion of a pleading by which a party “puts himself upon the country,” i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. Mozley & W. — In conclusion. (a) Finally. (b) In short. — To try conclusions, to make a trial or an experiment.
Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the basket creep.— William Shakespeare
Synonyms: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See Inference.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54