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conclusion Definition

con·clu·sion (kən klo̵̅o̅′z̸hən)

noun

  1. the end or last part; specif.,
    1. the last division of a discourse, often containing a summary of what went before
    2. the last step in a reasoning process; judgment, decision, or opinion formed after investigation or thought
    3. the third and last part of a syllogism
    4. the last of a chain of events; outcome
  2. an act or instance of concluding; final arrangement (of a pact, treaty, etc.)
  3. Law
    1. the findings of a court as to the existence of an alleged fact or the application of a particular law
    2. the closing of a plea or address to a court or jury

Etymology: ME & OFr < L conclusio, a closing, conclusion < pp. of conclude

conclusion Idioms

in conclusion

lastly; in closing

try conclusions with

Old-fashioned to engage in an argument or contest with

conclusion Synonyms

conclusion

n.

  1. An end

    finish, termination, completion, summing-up; see end 2.

  2. A decision

    determination, inference, outcome, resolution; see judgment 3, result.

in conclusion

lastly, in closing, in the end; see finally 2.

conclusion Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • draw: However, these reports are not enough from which to draw conclusions.
  • reach: The real risk is using an invalid analysis to reach a bogus conclusion.
  • forgo: When you apply for a mortgage, it is not a forgone conclusion that you will be offered one.
  • justify: The validity: are the conclusions justified by the description of the methodology and the findings?
  • summarize: It includes an Appendix which summarizes the conclusions from the Event in June - these are also available separately Here.
  • derive: The argument is that the Cartesian approach, to start with self evident premises and to derive rational conclusions from them is too limited.

Adjective modifier

  • foregone: It was not a foregone conclusion that the NPC would win.
  • logical: Mark Wadsworth: Dear Emily - the logical conclusion of a flat tax system is a " Citizen's Income " .
  • satisfactory: Blake and Tinker return to London, having brought another case to a satisfactory conclusion.
  • definite: However, one thing needed to happen, I needed to come to a definite conclusion on this matter.
  • tentative: The numbers of users in these categories is too small to draw more than the following tentative conclusions.
  • definitive: Results Very few definitive conclusions about the effectiveness of oral health promotion can be drawn from the currently available evidence.

Modifies a noun

  • pact: Conclusion PACTS would urge Members of Parliament to include the safety dimension within this legislation.

Noun used with modifier

  • firm: The Committee did not reach a firm conclusion on how to resolve these issues.

Possessives

  • author: Authors ' conclusions The scientific strength of the studies reviewed was poor.

Preposition: of

  • missive: When the missives are agreed, this is known as ' conclusion of missives ' .
  • negotiation: The EU for instance has pressed for the early conclusion of the negotiations.
  • treaty: The conclusion of any non-aggression treaty is neither appropriate nor necessary.
  • agreement: In addition, negotiations should be held as soon as possible for the conclusion of a legally-binding international agreement with the above-mentioned contents.
  • contract: At this stage, the conclusion of a binding contract for sale of Grove Lodge was a mere hope.
conclusion Quotes

Merely to adopt the more powerful assumption is no more than to assume the more powerful conclusion.

—Solow, Robert M

I have come to the conclusion, after many years of sometimessad experience, that you cannot cometoany conclusion at all.

—Sackville-West,Vita (Victoria Mary)

   It is by this painstaking method of careful examination and eventual rejection that we reach a conclusion: life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

—Lebowitz, Fran(ces Ann)

Many persons nowadays seem to think that any conclusion must be very scientific if the arguments in favor of it are derived from twitching of frogs' legsö especially if the frogs are decapitatedöand thatöon the other handöany doctrine chiefly vouched for by the feelings of human beings^with heads on their shouldersömust be benighted and superstitious.

—James,William

  The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw.

—Nietzsche, FriedrichWilhelm

I gave up screwing around a long time ago. I came to the conclusion that sex is a sublimation of the work instinct.

—Lodge, David John

As to our universities,I've come to the conclusion that theyare e¤  litist where they should be egalitarian, and egalitarian where they should be e¤  litist.

—Lodge, David John

If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.

—Shaw, George Bernard

There is no other course but the one we have chosen, except the course of humiliation and darkness, after which there will be no bright sign in the sky or brilliant light on earth† All this will make us more patient and steadfast, and better prepared for the battle which God blesses and which good men support. Then there will only be a glorious conclusion, where a brilliant sun will clear the dust of battle, and where the clouds of battles will be dispelled.

—Hussein, Saddam

It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without being impelled to the conclusionthat Iamsuffering fromtheparticulardisease therein dealt with in its most virulent form.

—Jerome,Jerome K(lapka)

I think it is something of the same sort of security we should seek in our relationship with God. The most flawless proof of the existence of God isno substitute for it; and if we have that relationship, the most convincing disproof is turned aimlessly aside.If I may say it with reverence, the soul and God laugh together over so odd a conclusion.

—Eddington, SirArthur Stanley

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

—Einstein, Albert

There are two things which I am confident I can do very well: one is an introduction to a literary work, stating what it is to contain, and how it should be executed in the most perfect manner; the other is a conclusion, shewing from various causes why the execution has not been equal to what the author promised to himself and to the public.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

There are two modes of acquiring knowledge, namely, by reasoning and experience. Reasoning draws a conclusion and makes us grant the conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, nor does it remove doubt so that the mind may rest on the intuition of truth unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.

—Bacon, Roger known as Doctor Mirabilis

I don't think I can be expected to take seriouslya game which takes less than three days to reach its conclusion.

—Stoppard, SirTom originally Tom Straussler

   I've heard the wolves scuffle, and said: So this Is man; soöwhat better conclusion is thereö The day will not follow night, and the heart Of man has a little dignity, but less patience Than a wolf's, and a duller sense that cannot Smell its own mortality.

—Tate, (John Orley) Allen