Concluding
[kən'klʊdɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) occurring at or forming an end or termination; 'his concluding words came as a surprise'; 'the final chapter'; 'the last days of the dinosaurs'; 'terminal leave' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conclude
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Examples
- 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.
- Like most of James's psychology, it opens up investigation instead of concluding it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The farmer observed it, and concluding I must soon die, resolved to make as good a hand of me as he could. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The evening and the following morning were spent in concluding arrangements for his departure. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Throughout the concluding years of the war he had achieved an unexampled position in the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She read the concluding lines, and was all flutter and happiness. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Here, for example, is the concluding passage of the _Iliad_, describing very exactly the making of a prehistoric barrow. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Just as I was concluding, the long-delayed rattle of the key in the lock came to my ear--no unwelcome sound. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I had to restrain my impatience for some time, on account of Twenty Seven being reserved for a concluding effect. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Yes, Mary, was Henry's concluding assurance. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I see, said I as I glanced down the column, that the coroner in his concluding remarks was rather severe upon young McCarthy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Only a concluding word. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was on the basis of scores of experiments of this sort, carried on from about 1582 till 1600, that G ilbert felt justified in concluding that the terrestrial globe is a magnet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But there is one concluding reflection, sir, that will show the use of your life as a mere piece of biography. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- We should be extremely cautious in concluding that an organ could not have been formed by transitional gradations of some kind. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In the last chapter I shall give a brief recapitulation of the whole work, and a few concluding remarks. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Concluding with a kind promise that, as soon as the ministry and Congress agreed to make peace, I should have you with me in America. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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