conclusion

nouncommon in dialogue

//kənˈkluːʒən//

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

noun

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
The outcome or result of a process or act.
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
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
obsoleteAn 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
The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
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
arrangement; settlement.

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.

Forms

plural: conclusions

concession · The act of conceding.concierge · An employee of a hotel who attends to the requirements and…conclude · To end; to come to an end.

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

conclusive · Pertaining to a conclusion.concrete · Real, actual, tangible.concubine · A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or…

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