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an ending or termination.
Students are under a great deal of pressure near the conclusion of the semester.At the conclusion of the church service, the minister gives a blessing.- synonyms:
- close, closure, consummation, end, termination
- antonyms:
- beginning
- similar words:
- aftermath, culmination, denouement, expiration, finish, fruit, fruition, last, stop, ultimate, windup
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| definition 2: |
a result or outcome.
The disappointing conclusion of the negotiations angered many of the workers.- synonyms:
- consequence, issue, outcome, result, upshot
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| definition 3: |
the final part of a written work or speech.
She summarized her points nicely in the conclusion of her paper.- synonyms:
- coda, denouement, epilogue, finale
- antonyms:
- beginning, foreword, introduction
- similar words:
- climax, close, end, finish, recap, recapitulation, summary, summation, termination, wrap-up
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| definition 4: |
an inference reached by reasoning.
If a planet can sustain plant life, what conclusions can you draw about its atmosphere?After a complete examination of the body, the doctor reached the conclusion that death was accidental.Judging by his clothing, she thought the man to be a beggar, but she tried not to jump to any conclusions.- synonyms:
- consequence, deduction, determination, inference, judgment
- similar words:
- corollary, derivation, estimation, opinion, presumption, supposition, theory
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| definition 5: |
a final decision.
What was the conclusion of the jury?The court has yet to reach a conclusion on your case.- synonyms:
- decision, determination, finding, resolution, settlement, verdict
- similar words:
- agreement, judgment
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accomplishment, catastrophe, cessation, completion, consummation, diagnosis, effect, evening, finale, outcome, outgrowth, verdict, wane |
adjective + (n.)conclusion
causal,
conflicting,
contradictory,
correct,
definite,
definitive,
erroneous,
false,
firm,
fitting,
following,
foregone,
hasty,
incorrect,
inescapable,
inevitable,
logical,
misleading,
obvious,
opposite,
plausible,
preliminary,
premature,
questionable,
reasonable,
satisfactory,
scholarly,
shocking,
similar,
startling,
subgoal,
substantive,
successful,
sweeping,
tentative,
tragic,
unanimous,
unavoidable,
unwarranted,
valid
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verb + (n.)conclusion
affirm, arrive, come, confirm, contradict, disagree, dispute, draw, forgone, formulate, jump, lead, leap, preclude, reach, reinforce, support, warrant, yield
(n.)conclusion
+ verb
base, derive, summarize
noun + (n.)conclusion
citation, discussion, finding, methodology, reasoning, validity
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The word conclusion
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, concentric, conclude, conclusion, condone, conduce, conducive, conduct, conductive, conduction, confer, conference, confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, confluence, conflux, conform, confuse, confusion, congener, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjecture, conjunct, conjunction, conjunctiva, connect, connote, conscript, conscription, consign, consonant, conspiracy, constant, constrain, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, conversant, convince, convict, conviction, convivial, convocation, convoke, inconceivable, inconsonant, inconspicuous, connotation, consequence, consequent
claus, clos, clud, clus
Latin
root
that means to close
Example words:
clause, claustrophobia, closet, closure, conclude, conclusion, conclusive, disclose, disclosure, enclose, enclosure, exclude, exclusive, include, inclusive, inconclusive, malocclusion, occlude, preclude, recluse, seclude
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
ablation, abrasion, accession, action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, compassionate, conclusion, condition, confusion, congestion, construction, direction, diction, dictionary, exclusion, expedition, fusion, illusion, immersion, incision, interaction, inquisition, mission, nation, omission, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, rendition, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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