Definitions for conclusion
kənˈklu ʒəncon·clu·sion

Princeton's WordNet(2.67 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. decision, determination, conclusion(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"

2. conclusion(noun)

   an intuitive assumption

   "jump to a conclusion"

3. stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close(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"

4. ending, conclusion, finish(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"

5. conclusion, ratiocination(noun)

   the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)

6. termination, ending, conclusion(noun)

   the act of ending something

   "the termination of the agreement"

7. conclusion(noun)

   a final settlement

   "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty"

8. conclusion, end, close, closing, ending(noun)

   the last section of a communication

   "in conclusion I want to say..."

9. decision, determination, conclusion(noun)

   the act of making up your mind about something

   "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. conclusion(Noun)

   The end, finish, close or last part of something.

2. conclusion(Noun)

   The outcome or result of a process or act.

3. conclusion(Noun)

   A decision reached after careful thought.

   The board has come to the conclusion that the proposed takeover would not be in the interest of our shareholders.

4. conclusion(Noun)

   In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.

Origin: From Old (and modern) French conclusion, or Latin conclusio, from the past participle stem of concludere ‘conclude’.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Conclusion(noun)

   the last part of anything; close; termination; end

2. Conclusion(noun)

   final decision; determination; result

3. Conclusion(noun)

   any inference or result of reasoning

4. Conclusion(noun)

   the inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism

5. Conclusion(noun)

   drawing of inferences

6. Conclusion(noun)

   an experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn

7. Conclusion(noun)

   the end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace," etc

8. Conclusion(noun)

   an estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'conclusion' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2051

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'conclusion' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2537

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'conclusion' in Nouns Frequency: #627

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of conclusion in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of conclusion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of conclusion in a Sentence

1. Peter Sellers:

   Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this.

2. Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan:

   I think it's too soon to jump to that conclusion.

3. Eunice Hahn:

   I just want to bring this to some sort of conclusion.

4. Martin H. Fischer:

   A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking.

5. Foreign Affairs:

   We need sufficient evidence before drawing any conclusion.

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