conclusion
Pronunciation: /kənˈkluːʒən/
The English word “conclusion” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- The end, finish, close or last part of something.
- The outcome or result of a process or act.
- A decision reached after careful thought.
- In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
- An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
- The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
- An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
- arrangement; settlement.
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French conclusion, from Latin conclūsiō, from the past participle stem of conclūdere (“to conclude”), from con- + claudō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). By surface analysis, conclude + -sion.
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More English words
- concluding
- concludingly
- conclusatory
- conclusible
- conclusion indicator
- conclusional
- conclusionally
- conclusionary
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