con·clu·sion (k n-kl  zhn)n. 1. The close or last part; the end or finish. 2. The result or outcome of an act or process. 3. A judgment or decision reached after deliberation. See Synonyms at decision. 4. A final arrangement or settlement, as of a treaty. 5. Abbr. con. Law The close of a plea or deed. 6. Logic a. The proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises in a syllogism. b. The proposition concluded from one or more premises; a deduction. [Middle English conclusioun, from Old French conclusion, from Latin concl  si , conclsin-, from conclsus, past participle of concldere, to end; see conclude.] |
conclusion
Noun
1. a final decision, opinion, or judgment based on reasoning: the obvious conclusion is that something is being covered up
2. end or ending
3. outcome or result: if you take that strategy to its logical conclusion you end up with communism
4. in conclusion finally
5. jump to conclusions to come to a conclusion too quickly, without sufficient thought or evidence
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  conclusion - 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"judgment, judgement, mind - an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" predetermination - a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something; "he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong" |
| 2. | conclusion - an intuitive assumption; "jump to a conclusion" non sequitur - (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises supposal, supposition, assumption - a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions" | |
| 3. |  conclusion - 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" | |
| 4. | conclusion - 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" final stage, end, last - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" final result, outcome, resultant, termination, result - something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" foregone conclusion, matter of course - an inevitable ending demolition, wipeout, destruction - an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something omega, Z - the ending of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelation | |
| 5. | conclusion - the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) syllogism - deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises proposition - (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false major term - the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion minor term - the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion | |
| 6. | conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" abort - the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area" demonetisation, demonetization - ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics tone ending, release - (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone retirement - withdrawal from your position or occupation relinquishing, relinquishment - the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc. breakup, dissolution - the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) overthrow - the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force) adjournment, dissolution - the termination of a meeting dismission, sacking, liberation, firing, dismissal, release, discharge, sack - the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) destruction, devastation - the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists abolishment, abolition - the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment" liquidation, settlement - termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities drug withdrawal, withdrawal - the termination of drug taking closedown, shutdown, closing, closure - termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" extinguishing, quenching, extinction - the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights" fade, disappearance - gradually ceasing to be visible abortion - termination of pregnancy defusing, deactivation - the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) discontinuance, discontinuation - the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) | |
| 7. | conclusion - a final settlement; "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty" settlement - a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it | |
| 8. | conclusion - the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." anticlimax, bathos - a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" epilog, epilogue - a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters" epilog, epilogue - a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play peroration - (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration" | |
| 9. | conclusion - the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" selection, choice, option, pick - the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" appointment, designation, naming, assignment - the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" call - (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call" move - the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer" casting lots, drawing lots, sortition - making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn resolution - a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "he always wrote down his New Year's resolutions" |
conclusion
noun 1. decision, agreement, opinion, settlement, resolution, conviction, verdict, judgment, deduction, inference
noun 3. outcome, result, upshot, consequence, sequel, culmination, end result, issue >> in conclusion finally, lastly, in closing, to sum up
Translations
conclusion [kənˈkluːʒən] n → conclusión f;
to come to the conclusion that → llegar a la conclusión de que
conclusion [kənˈkluːʒən] n → conclusione f;
to come to the conclusion that ... → concludere che ..., arrivare alla conclusione che ...
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