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   conclusion

   /kənˈkluːʒn/

   noun

   • 1. the end or finish of an event, process, or text: "the conclusion of World War Two" Similar endendingfinishcloseclosureterminationwind-upcessationculminationfinaledenouementcodaperorationepilogueOpposite beginningstart
   • ▪ the summing-up of an argument or text: "in the conclusion we highlight these and other important issues"
   • ▪ the formal and final arrangement of an agreement: "the conclusion of a free-trade accord" Similar negotiationbrokeringsettlementsettlingclinchingcompletionarrangingaccomplishmentestablishmentresolution
   • 2. a judgement or decision reached by reasoning: "each research group came to a similar conclusion" Similar deductioninferenceinterpretationreasoningopinionjudgementdecisiondiagnosisverdictdeterminationassumptionpresumptionsuppositionconjecturesurmise
   • ▪ a proposition that is reached from given premises.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin conclusio(n-), from the verb concludere (see conclude).

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCONCLUSION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   The meaning of CONCLUSION is a reasoned judgment : inference. How to use conclusion in a sentence.

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   noun. end or termination. the last main division of a speech, lecture, essay, etc. the outcome or result of an act, process, event, etc (esp in the phrase a foregone conclusion ) a final decision or judgment; resolution (esp in the phrase come to a conclusion ) logic.

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   A conclusion is the last part of something, its end or result. When you write a paper, you always end by summing up your arguments and drawing a conclusion about what you've been writing about.

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   When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully.

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   [countable] something that you decide when you have thought about all the information connected with the situation. We can safely draw some conclusions from our discussion. He arrived at a different conclusion. There is abundant evidence to support this conclusion. Other studies have yielded the same conclusion.