Conclude
[kən'kluːd] or [kən'klud]
Definition
(verb.) bring to a close; 'The committee concluded the meeting'.
(verb.) reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation.
(verb.) reach agreement on; 'They concluded an economic agreement'; 'We concluded a cease-fire' .
(verb.) come to a close; 'The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin'.
Typist: Shane--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To shut up; to inclose.
(v. t.) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.
(v. t.) To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause.
(v. t.) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
(v. t.) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
(v. t.) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain.
(v. t.) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument.
(v. i.) To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate.
(v. i.) To form a final judgment; to reach a decision.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. End, finish, terminate, close, bring to an end.[2]. Gather (as a consequence), infer.[3]. Determine, judge, decide.[4]. (Law.) Stop, bar, hinder, restrain, cut off.
v. n. [1]. Determine, infer.[2]. End, close, come to a conclusion.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Close, terminate, complete, end, decide, finish, infer, deduce, determine,argue
ANT:Begin, initiate, start, open, prolong, protract, perpetuate, doubt, dispute
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Definition
v.t. to close: to end: to oblige.—v.i. to end: to infer: to form a final judgment.—p.adj. Conclud′ed finished: settled.—adj. Conclud′ing final closing.—n. Conclu′sion act of concluding: the end close or last part: inference: judgment: an experiment: (Shak.) a riddle.—adjs. Conclus′ive Conclu′sory final: convincing.—adv. Conclus′ively.—n. Conclus′iveness.—In conclusion finally.—To try conclusions to experiment: to engage in a contest.
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Examples
- From what we know of mankind, we are bound to conclude that the first sailors plundered when they could, and traded when they had to. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I shall conclude this subject with two reflections, which may deserve our attention. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I beg you to conclude, said I; you have asked me to hear you out, and I beg you to conclude. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But as I conclude that she must wish to go, since all young people like to be together, I can see no reason why she should be denied the indulgence. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Last of all they will conclude:--This is he who gives us the year and the seasons, and is the author of all that we see. Plato. The Republic.
- It seems natural to conclude from this, that water and air were ingredients in their original composition; for men cannot make new matter of any kind. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And if the Dixons should absolutely deny all knowledge of it we must conclude it to come from the Campbells. Jane Austen. Emma.
- As our visitor concluded, Holmes sprang up without a word, handed me my hat, picked his own from the table, and followed Dr. Trevelyan to the door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- As I had had some previous experience with the statements of mining men, I concluded I would just send down a small plant and prospect the field before putting up a large one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He always concluded by addressing Charley. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- While there was hope, the agony had been unendurable;--all was now concluded; her feelings became solemn and calm. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He therefore concluded that the stored-up fat in the animal was then converted into cream, and that it was practicable, therefore, to convert beef fat into butter fat. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- About half the party were anxious to try the ascent again, and concluded to do so. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- With this exception, their good-humour was completely restored; and the evening concluded with the conviviality with which it had begun. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This critic concludes with a gentle rebuke to the inventor for ill-timed jesting, and a suggestion to furnish AUTHENTIC information! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The author takes his last leave of the reader; proposes his manner of living for the future; gives good advice, and concludes. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- My love to brother and the children concludes with me. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Miller, an American anthropologist, has made a very good comparison of it with a chimpanzee's jaw, and concludes that it is a chimpanzee's. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With the questions of reorganization thus suggested, we shall be concerned in the concluding chapters. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Both being finished, he shook himself into a sitting attitude; and with the concluding serious apostrophe, 'Hold, then! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I want you to listen while I read the concluding passages in this letter, said Miss Halcombe. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Elinor lost no time in bringing her business forward, was on the point of concluding it, when another gentleman presented himself at her side. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Well, Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, as his valet appeared at his bedroom door, just as he was concluding his toilet; 'all alive to-day, I suppose? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In 1826 Professor Grant, in the concluding paragraph in his well-known paper (Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, vol. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In a concluding chapter Mr. Howe states the philosophy of the experiment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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