CONCLUDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does concluding mean? 

• CONCLUDING (adjective)
  The adjective CONCLUDING has 1 sense:

1. occurring at or forming an end or termination

  Familiarity information: CONCLUDING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCLUDING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring at or forming an end or termination

Synonyms:

concluding; final; last; terminal

Context example:

terminal leave

Similar:

closing (final or ending)

 Context examples 

She finished the concluding stanza without faltering and then slowly guided the conversation into less perilous channels.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I had to restrain my impatience for some time, on account of Twenty Seven being reserved for a concluding effect.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I see, said I as I glanced down the column, that the coroner in his concluding remarks was rather severe upon young McCarthy.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The farmer observed it, and concluding I must soon die, resolved to make as good a hand of me as he could.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

If you’re not concluding a deal or contract, you could have your sister or brother on your mind.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“Yes, Mary,” was Henry's concluding assurance.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Catherine's countenance fell, and in a voice of most sincere concern she echoed Miss Tilney's concluding words, “By the end of another week!”

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

She read the concluding lines, and was all flutter and happiness.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

After a moment's recollection, therefore, concluding that prudence required dispatch, and that her acquiescence would best promote it, she walked silently towards the table, and sat down.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

After concluding that these particles did not compromise the spacecraft's safety, the mission began dedicated observations in order to fully document the activity.

(NASA's OSIRIS-REx Explains Bennu Mystery Particles, NASA)