conclusion

Substantiv

1. 1

   The end, finish, close or last part of something.

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

   Some have recently questioned whether conclusion of a START treaty is a lower priority for the Bush Administration than conclusion of a conventional force in Europe (CFE) treaty or whether we want to delay START pending progress in CFE.

2. 2

   The outcome or result of a process or act.

3. 3

   A decision reached after careful thought.

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

   [I]n her boſome Ile vnclaſpe my heart, / And take her hearing priſoner with the force / And ſtrong incounter of my amorous tale: / Then after to her father will I breake, / And the concluſion is, ſhe ſhal be thine, [...]

   With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get [...]

4. 4

   In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.

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

5. 5

   veraltetAn experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.

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

6. 6

   The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.

7. 7

   An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.

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

8. 8

   arrangement; settlement.

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Plural

conclusions