conclusion
The end, finish, close or last part of something.
Other meanings
The outcome or result of a process or act.
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.”
Synonyms
- decision
- determination
Related words
- conclusional
- conclusionary
- counterconclusion
- inconclusion
- misconclusion
- nonconclusion
- subconclusion
- foregone conclusion
- in conclusion
- conclusion indicator
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "conclūsiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “conclusion” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.