conclusion

See also: conclusión

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French conclusion, from Latin conclusio, from the past participle stem of concludere (“to conclude”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kənˈkluːʒən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uːʒən

NounEdit

conclusion (plural conclusions)

1. The end, finish, close or last part of something.
   • Prescott

     A flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest.

2. The outcome or result of a process or act.
3. A decision reached after careful thought.
   • Shakespeare

     And the conclusion is, she shall be thine.

   The board has come to the conclusion that the proposed takeover would not be in the interest of our shareholders.

   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, 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 […] h

4. (logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
   • Addison

     He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion.

5. (obsolete) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
   • Francis Bacon

     We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating.

6. (law) The end or close of a pleading, e.g. the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
7. (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?)

Alternative formsEdit

• concl. (shortening)

Related termsEdit

• conclude
• conclusive

AntonymsEdit

• (end): beginning, initiation, start

Coordinate termsEdit

• (in logic): premise

TranslationsEdit

end, final part

• Bulgarian: край (bg) m (kraj), завършване (bg) n (zavǎršvane), приключване (bg) n (priključvane)
• Catalan: conclusió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: konklusion c, afslutning (da) c
• Dutch: conclusie (nl), einde (nl)
• Finnish: päätös (fi), lopetus (fi), päätösosa
• French: conclusion (fr) f, fin (fr) f
• Galician: conclusión (gl) f
• German: Schluss (de) m, Ende (de) n
• Greek: κατάληξη (el) f (katálixi), λήξη (el) f (líxi), πέρας (el) n (péras)
• Indonesian: kesimpulan (id), konklusi (id)
• Italian: conclusione (it) f

• Japanese: 終わり (owari), 結び (musubi), 終結 (ja) (shūketsu), 終了 (ja) (shūryō)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: کۆتایی‎ (ku)

• Malay: kesimpulan, konlusi
• Maori: whakamutunga, kupu whakatepe, porotutukitanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avslutning (no) m, f

  Nynorsk: avslutning f

• Portuguese: conclusão (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: eàrr m, f
• Spanish: conclusión (es) f
• Tagalog: pasyahin

outcome

• Bashkir: һөҙөмтә (höðömtä), нәтижә (nätižä), йомғаҡ (yomğaq)
• Bulgarian: извод (bg) m (izvod), резултат (bg) m (rezultat)
• Catalan: conclusió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: besluit (nl), conclusie (nl)
• Finnish: tulos (fi), ratkaisu (fi), lopputulos (fi)
• French: conclusion (fr) f
• Galician: conclusión (gl) f
• German: Abschluss (de) m, Ergebnis (de)

• Greek: αποτέλεσμα (el) n (apotélesma)
• Italian: conclusione (it) f
• Japanese: 結果 (ja) (kekka), 結末 (ja) (ketsumatsu)
• Navajo: ałtso bééʼdeetánígíí
• Persian: نتیجه‎ (fa) (natije)
• Polish: wniosek (pl), wynik (pl), rezultat (pl)
• Portuguese: conclusão (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: buil f
• Spanish: conclusión (es) f
• Tagalog: pasyahin

decision, judgment

• Armenian: որոշում (hy) (orošum)
• Asturian: conclusión f
• Bulgarian: заключение (bg) n (zaključenie)
• Catalan: conclusió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: závěr (cs) m
• Dutch: besluit (nl), conclusie (nl)
• Esperanto: konkludo
• Finnish: ratkaisu (fi), johtopäätös (fi), päätelmä (fi)
• Galician: conclusión (gl) f
• German: Schlussfolgerung f

• Greek: συμπέρασμα (el) n (sympérasma)
• Hungarian: következtetés (hu)
• Italian: conclusione (it) f
• Japanese: 結論 (ja) (ketsuron)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konklusjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: konklusjon m

• Portuguese: conclusão (pt) f
• Russian: заключе́ние (ru) (zaključénije)
• Spanish: conclusión (es) f
• Swedish: slutsats (sv)
• Tagalog: pasyahin

of a syllogism

• Bashkir: һөҙөмтә (höðömtä), нәтижә (nätižä), һығымта (hïğïmta), йомғаҡ (yomğaq)
• Bulgarian: заключение (bg) n (zaključenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: závěr (cs) m
• Dutch: logisch gevolg, conclusie (nl)
• Finnish: johtopäätös (fi), päätelmä (fi)

• German: logische Schlussfolgerung f, Vernunftsschluss m, Folgerung (de) f
• Greek: συμπέρασμα (el) n (sympérasma)
• Japanese: 結論 (ja) (けつろん, ketsuron)
• Portuguese: conclusão (pt) f
• Spanish: conclusión (es) f
• Swedish: slutsats (sv) c

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French, from Latin conclusio, from the past participle stem of concludere (“conclude”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃klyzjɔ̃/

NounEdit

conclusion f (plural conclusions)

1. conclusion

Related termsEdit

• conclure

AnagramsEdit

• concluions

External linksEdit

• “conclusion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).