Conclusion meaning

kən-klo͝o'zhən
The definition of a conclusion is the last part of something or an opinion reached after some thought.

An example of conclusion is the final scene in a movie.

An example of conclusion is the decision to purchase the red sedan after comparing it with the blue sports car.

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The close or last part; the end or finish.

The conclusion of the festivities.

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A judgment or decision reached after deliberation.
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A final arrangement or settlement, as of a treaty.
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The result or outcome of an act or process.

What was the conclusion of all these efforts?

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(logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
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The proposition concluded from one or more premises; a deduction.
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The end, finish, close or last part of something.
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The outcome or result of a process or act.
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A decision reached after careful thought.
  • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii.
    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 […] h.

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

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(law) The end or close of a pleading, e.g. the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
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(law) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.

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The formal closing of a legal complaint or pleading.
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The proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises in a syllogism.
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The end or last part.
  • The last division of a discourse, often containing a summary of what went before.
  • The last step in a reasoning process; judgment, decision, or opinion formed after investigation or thought.
  • The third and last part of a syllogism.
  • The last of a chain of events; outcome.
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An act or instance of concluding; final arrangement (of a pact, treaty, etc.)
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The findings of a court as to the existence of an alleged fact or the application of a particular law.
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The closing of a plea or address to a court or jury.
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Origin of conclusion

Middle English conclusioun from Old French conclusion from Latin conclūsiō conclūsiōn- from conclūsus past participle of conclūdere to end conclude

Sentence Examples

  • In conclusion she asked her mother if she should like to see "very high mountain and beautiful cloudcaps."

  • He came to the conclusion that she, too, needed time to heal.

  • When he saw the pretty little Bourienne, Anatole came to the conclusion that he would not find Bald Hills dull either.

  • "1 5 An interesting manifesto of agnosticism, with a religious conclusion, is A.

  • Already from his military experience and what he had seen in the Austrian campaign, he had come to the conclusion that in war the most deeply considered plans have no significance and that all depends on the way unexpected movements of the enemy--that cannot be foreseen--are met, and on how and by whom the whole matter is handled.

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