'Conclusion' definitions:
Definition of 'conclusion'
From: WordNet
noun
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" [syn: decision, determination, conclusion]
noun
An intuitive assumption; "jump to a conclusion"
noun
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" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close]
noun
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" [syn: ending, conclusion, finish] [ant: beginning]
noun
The proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) [syn: conclusion, ratiocination]
noun
The act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" [syn: termination, ending, conclusion]
noun
A final settlement; "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty"
noun
The last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending]
noun
The act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" [syn: decision, determination, conclusion]
Definition of 'Conclusion'
From: GCIDE
- Conclusion \Con*clu"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude.]
- 1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end. [1913 Webster]
- A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Final decision; determination; result. [1913 Webster]
- And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Any inference or result of reasoning. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism. [1913 Webster]
- He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]
- Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 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. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the basket creep. --Shak.
- Syn: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See Inference. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conclusion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodation,
- addendum,
- adjustment,
- affirmance,
- affirmation,
- aftermath,
- afterthought,
- allegation,
- announcement,
- annunciation,
- apodosis,
- appendix,
- arrangement,
- assertion,
- asseveration,
- assumption,
- attitude,
- averment,
- avouchment,
- avowal,
- back matter,
- bitter end,
- catastrophe,
- cease,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- chorus,
- clear,
- climate of opinion,
- climax,
- close,
- closing,
- closure,
- coda,
- codicil,
- cogent,
- colophon,
- common belief,
- community sentiment,
- compelling,
- completing,
- completion,
- conceit,
- concept,
- conception,
- conclusive,
- consensus gentium,
- consequence,
- consequent,
- consideration,
- consummation,
- continuance,
- continuation,
- convincing,
- corollary,
- crack of doom,
- creed,
- culmination,
- curtain,
- curtains,
- death,
- decease,
- deciding,
- decisive,
- declaration,
- deduction,
- definitive,
- denouement,
- derivation,
- descendant,
- desistance,
- destination,
- destiny,
- determinant,
- determinate,
- determination,
- determinative,
- dictum,
- doom,
- double take,
- dying words,
- dynasty,
- effect,
- end,
- end point,
- end result,
- ending,
- enunciation,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- eschatology,
- estimate,
- estimation,
- ethos,
- expiration,
- eye,
- fate,
- feeling,
- final result,
- final solution,
- final twitch,
- final words,
- finale,
- finality,
- finis,
- finish,
- finishing,
- follow-through,
- follow-up,
- full development,
- general belief,
- goal,
- heir,
- idea,
- illation,
- impression,
- incontrovertible,
- induction,
- inference,
- ipse dixit,
- irrefragable,
- irrefutable,
- izzard,
- judgment,
- last,
- last act,
- last breath,
- last gasp,
- last things,
- last trumpet,
- last words,
- latter end,
- lights,
- line,
- lineage,
- manifesto,
- maturation,
- maturity,
- mind,
- mystique,
- notion,
- observation,
- offspring,
- omega,
- opinion,
- Parthian shot,
- parting shot,
- payoff,
- perfection,
- period,
- peroration,
- personal judgment,
- point of view,
- popular belief,
- position,
- position paper,
- positive declaration,
- posterity,
- postface,
- postfix,
- postlude,
- postscript,
- posture,
- precise,
- predicate,
- predication,
- presumption,
- prevailing belief,
- proclamation,
- profession,
- pronouncement,
- proposition,
- protest,
- protestation,
- PS,
- public belief,
- public opinion,
- quietus,
- ratiocination,
- reaction,
- refrain,
- resolution,
- resting place,
- ripeness,
- rounding off,
- rounding out,
- say,
- say-so,
- saying,
- sealing,
- second thought,
- sentiment,
- sequel,
- sequela,
- sequelae,
- sequelant,
- sequent,
- sequitur,
- settlement,
- sight,
- signature,
- signing,
- solemnization,
- stance,
- stand,
- statement,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stopping place,
- subscript,
- successor,
- suffix,
- supplement,
- swan song,
- tag,
- telling,
- term,
- terminal,
- termination,
- terminus,
- theory,
- thinking,
- thought,
- topping off,
- unambiguous,
- unanswerable,
- utterance,
- view,
- vouch,
- way of thinking,
- windup,
- word,
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