conclusion
pronunciation
How to pronounce conclusion in British English:
UK [kənˈkluːʒn]
How to pronounce conclusion in American English:
US [kənˈkluːʒn]
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- Noun:
- a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
- an intuitive assumption
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- event whose occurrence ends something
- the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
- the act of ending something
- a final settlement
- the last section of a communication
- the act of making up your mind about something
Word Origin
- conclusion (n.)
- late 14c., "deduction or conclusion reached by reasoning," from Old French conclusion "conclusion, result, outcome," from Latin conclusionem (nominative conclusio), noun of action from past participle stem of concludere (see conclude). Also, from late 14c. "the end" (usually of speech or writing), "closing passages of a speech or writing."
Synonym
coming understanding decision agreement final arbitration resolution to arbitrament finding verdict determination terms
conjecture deduction presumption inference calculation supposition assumption figuring reckoning judgement
Example
- 1. Such a conclusion would be hasty indeed .
- 2. Today marks the formal conclusion of u. s.combat operations in iraq .
- 3. Seldom has so much suspense built over a foregone conclusion .
- 4. America 's longest war seems to be speeding to a conclusion .
- 5. Well , what always happens when a cycle comes to its natural conclusion : they will begin anew .