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con·clude  (kn-kld)

v. con·clud·ed, con·clud·ing, con·cludes

v.tr.

1. To bring to an end; close: concluded the rally with the national anthem. See Synonyms at complete.

2. To bring about (a final agreement or settlement): conclude a peace treaty.

3. To reach a decision or form an opinion about. See Synonyms at decide.

4. To arrive at (a logical conclusion or end) by the process of reasoning; infer on the basis of convincing evidence: The jury concluded that the defendant was innocent.

5. Obsolete To confine; enclose.

v.intr.

1. To come to an end; close.

2. To come to a decision or agreement.

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[Middle English concluden, from Latin concldere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + claudere, to close.]

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con·cluder n.

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conclude

Verb

[-cluding, -cluded]

1. to decide by reasoning: the investigation concluded that key data for the paper were faked

2. to come or bring to an end: the festival concludes on December 19th

3. to arrange or settle finally: officials have refused to comment on the failure to conclude an agreement [Latin concludere]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	conclude - decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" reason, reason out cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" induce - reason or establish by induction deduce, derive, infer, deduct - reason by deduction; establish by deduction syllogise, syllogize - reason by syllogisms feel, find - come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining" deduce, infer - conclude by reasoning; in logic gather - conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework" extrapolate, generalize, infer, generalise - draw from specific cases for more general cases
	2.	conclude - bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting" terminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" perorate - conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation
	3.	conclude - reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation resolve square off, square up, settle, determine - settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument" agree, concur, concord, hold - be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"
	4.	conclude - come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin" close end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
	5.	conclude - reach agreement on; "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire" agree - achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"

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conclude

verb 1. decide, judge, establish, suppose, determine, assume, gather, reckon (informal) work out, infer, deduce, surmise

verb 2. come to an end, end, close, finish, wind up, draw to a close << OPPOSITE begin

3. bring to an end, end, close, finish, complete, wind up, terminate, round off << OPPOSITE begin

verb 4. accomplish, effect, settle, bring about, fix, carry out, resolve, clinch, pull off, bring off (informal)

Translations

conclude [kənˈkluːd] vt (= finish) → concluir [+ treaty etc]; firmar [+ agreement]; llegar a (= decide): to conclude that ... → llegar a la conclusión de que ...

vi [events] → concluir, terminar

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conclude [kənˈkluːd] vt → conclure

vi [speaker] → conclure; [events];

to conclude (with) → se terminer (par)

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conclude [kənˈkluːd] vt → beenden, schließen;

(treaty, deal etc) → abschließen;

(decide) → schließen, folgern

vi → schließen;

(events);

to conclude (with) → enden (mit);

"That," he concluded, "is why we did it." → "Darum", schloss er, "haben wir es getan";

I conclude that ... → ich komme zu dem Schluss, dass ...

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conclude [kənˈkluːd] vt → concludere

vi [speaker] → concludere; [events]: to conclude (with) → concludersi (con)