CONCLUSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conclusion mean? 

• CONCLUSION (noun)
  The noun CONCLUSION has 9 senses:

1. a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

2. an intuitive assumption

3. the temporal end; the concluding time

4. event whose occurrence ends something

5. the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)

6. the act of ending something

7. a final settlement

8. the last section of a communication

9. the act of making up your mind about something

  Familiarity information: CONCLUSION used as a noun is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCLUSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

conclusion; decision; determination

Context example:

satisfied with the panel's determination

Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):

judgement; judgment; mind (an opinion formed by judging something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conclusion"):

predetermination (a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An intuitive assumption

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

jump to a conclusion

Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):

assumption; supposal; supposition (a hypothesis that is taken for granted)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conclusion"):

non sequitur ((logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The temporal end; the concluding time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

close; conclusion; finale; finis; finish; last; stopping point

Context example:

they were playing better at the close of the season

Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):

end; ending (the point in time at which something ends)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Event whose occurrence ends something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

conclusion; ending; finish

Context example:

when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show

Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):

happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conclusion"):

end; last (the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence)

final result; outcome; result; resultant; termination (something that results)

foregone conclusion; matter of course (an inevitable ending)

demolition; destruction; wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)

omega; Z (the ending of a series or sequence)

halt; stop (the event of something ending)

triumph; victory (a successful ending of a struggle or contest)

defeat; licking (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

conclusion; ratiocination

Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):

proposition ((logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false)

Meronyms (parts of "conclusion"):

major term (the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion)

minor term (the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion)

Holonyms ("conclusion" is a part of...):

syllogism (deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The act of ending something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

conclusion; ending; termination

Context example:

the termination of the agreement

Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):

change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conclusion"):

disappearance; fade (gradually ceasing to be visible)

discontinuance; discontinuation (the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent))

deactivation; defusing (the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb))

abortion (termination of pregnancy)

extinction; extinguishing; quenching (the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning)

closedown; closing; closure; shutdown (termination of operations)

drug withdrawal; withdrawal (the termination of drug taking)

liquidation; settlement (termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities)

abolishment; abolition (the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery))

kill; killing; putting to death (the act of terminating a life)

discharge; dismissal; dismission; firing; liberation; release; sack; sacking (the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart))

adjournment; dissolution (the termination of a meeting)

overthrow (the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force))

breakup; dissolution (the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations))

relinquishing; relinquishment (the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.)

retirement (withdrawal from your position or occupation)

closing; completion; culmination; mop up; windup (a concluding action)

release; tone ending ((music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone)

demonetisation; demonetization (ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country)

abort (the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed)

destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)

Derivation:

conclude (bring to a close)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A final settlement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the conclusion of the peace treaty

Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):

settlement (a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it)

Sense 8

Meaning:

The last section of a communication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

close; closing; conclusion; end; ending

Context example:

in conclusion I want to say...

Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):

section; subdivision (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conclusion"):

epilog; epilogue (a short passage added at the end of a literary work)

coda; finale (the closing section of a musical composition)

peroration ((rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration)

epilog; epilogue (a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play)

anticlimax; bathos (a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one)

Holonyms ("conclusion" is a part of...):

narration; recital; yarn (the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events)

address; speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)

Sense 9

Meaning:

The act of making up your mind about something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

conclusion; decision; determination

Context example:

he drew his conclusions quickly

Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):

choice; option; pick; selection (the act of choosing or selecting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conclusion"):

call ((sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee)

move (the act of deciding to do something)

casting lots; drawing lots; sortition (making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn)

resolution (a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner)

appointment; assignment; designation; naming (the act of putting a person into a non-elective position)

Derivation:

conclude (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)

conclude (reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation)

 Context examples 

I will let you know about it as soon as we come to any conclusion.

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

Well, Hopkins, here we are at Charing Cross, and I congratulate you on having brought your case to a successful conclusion.

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

He drove along the path of relentless logic to the conclusion that he was nobody, nothing.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

After this decisive conclusion, I entreated to be heard a word or two.

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

Full moons often bring conclusions, closure, an end to a chapter, but new moon solar eclipses, like what you have on December 25/26, are known to set off new beginnings.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

She was frightened at her own conclusion, and she talked it over with Hans.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“I am sorry that I have not been able to bring your Majesty’s business to a more successful conclusion.”

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

If otherwise, then the only conclusion I could reach was that the sensitive skin recognized the difference of temperature between shade and sunshine.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

After a general discussion it was determined that for to-night nothing be definitely settled; that we should all sleep on the facts, and try to think out the proper conclusions.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Elizabeth could not but smile at such a conclusion of such a beginning, but Mrs. Bennet, who had persuaded herself that her husband regarded the affair as she wished, was excessively disappointed.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)