conclusion
See also: conclusión
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- concl. (shortening)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French conclusion, from Latin conclūsiō, from the past participle stem of conclūdere (“to conclude”).
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NounEdit
conclusion (plural conclusions)
- The end, finish, close or last part of something.
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II:
- A flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest.
- 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.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, Much Adoe about Nothing. […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, OCLC 932921146, [Act I, scene i]:
- [I]n her boſome Ile vnclaſpe my heart, / And take her hearing priſoner with the force / And ſtrong incounter of my amorous tale: / Then after to her father will I breake, / And the concluſion is, ſhe ſhal be thine, [...]
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get [...]
- (logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
- 1716 April 20, Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 32. Monday, April 9. [1716.] [Julian calendar]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, OCLC 1056445272:
- He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion.
- (obsolete) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A VVorke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], pages 33–34, OCLC 1044372886:
- [W]ee practiſe likewise all Concluſions of Grafting, and Inoculating, as well of VVilde-Trees, as Fruit-Trees, which produceth many Effects.
- (law) The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
- (law) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wharton to this entry?)
SynonymsEdit
- (end): endpoint, terminus; see also Thesaurus: finish
- (end of literary work): epilogue, postamble; see also Thesaurus: afterword
AntonymsEdit
- (end): beginning, initiation, start; see also Thesaurus: beginning
Coordinate termsEdit
- (in logic): premise
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
end, final part
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outcome
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decision, judgment
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of a syllogism
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French, from Latin conclūsiō, from the past participle stem of conclūdere (“conclude”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
conclusion f (plural conclusions)
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Further readingEdit
- “conclusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
InterlinguaEdit
NounEdit
conclusion (plural conclusiones)
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NounEdit
conclusion f (plural conclusions)