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concluding

/kənˈkluːdɪŋ/

concluding adjective: finishing; closing; final. Also the present participle and gerund of conclude.

Adjective

concluding

  1. Finishing; closing; final.
    • The concluding chapters of the book summarise the main points.
  2. (obsolete) Conclusive; convincing; decisive.
    • But if such Persons chafe and are angry, and so go from you, 'tis to me a very concluding Argument that they are not as yet very fit to be Members of the Community of Christ's Church.1719, Thomas Davye, Joseph Stokes, The Baptism of Adult Believers Only, Asserted and Vindicated

Noun

concluding (plural concludings)

  1. A conclusion.
    • He who obeys not the good Shepherd of the soul and heart has an untruthful mind; a mind filled with fallacies; a mind of wrong resolvings and concludings.1965, Ann Ree Colton, The soul and the ethic, page 167

Also used as

concluding is also the present participle and gerund of conclude.

Forms of concluding

pluralconcludings

Words formed from concluding

Questions about concluding

What does concluding mean?
Concluding means finishing; closing; final.
What part of speech is concluding?
Concluding can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce concluding?
Concluding is pronounced /kənˈkluːdɪŋ/.

Words near concluding in the dictionary

  1. concluder
  2. concluders
  3. concludes
  4. concludeth
  5. concludible
  6. concluding
  7. concludingly
  8. concludings
  9. conclusatory
  10. conclusible
  11. conclusion

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