conclusions

Noun

conclusion (countable and uncountable, plural conclusions)

1. The end, finish, close or last part of something.
   • At the end of the seventh hour, a flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest; […]1855, William H[ickling] Prescott, “Early Days of Philip”, in History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume I, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC, book I, page 60

   Synonyms:

   endpoint, terminus, cessation, close, end, ending, final, finale, finis, finish

   Antonyms:

   beginning, initiation, start, birth, font, fount, inauguration, commencement, launch, source

2. The outcome or result of a process or act.

   Synonyms:

   bottom line, consequence, upshot

3. 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:

   deduction, determination, verdict, award, censure, choice, opinion, decision, ergotism, illation

4. In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
   • He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion.1716 April 19 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 32. Sunday, April 9. [1716.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob...
5. (obsolete) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
   • [W]ee practiſe likewise all Concluſions of Grafting, and Inoculating, as well of VVilde-Trees, as Fruit-Trees, which produceth many Effects.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn]...
6. The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.

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