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What's The Definition Of Conclusion?
[n] the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
[n] the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" [n] an intuitive assumption; "jump to a conclusion" [n] a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination" [n] the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [n] the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) [n] a final settlement; "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty" [n] event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" [n] the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" Synonyms | Synonyms for Conclusion: close | close | closing | decision | decision | determination | determination | end | ending | ending | ending | finale | finis | finish | finish | last | ratiocination | stopping point | termination Related Terms | Find terms related to Conclusion: accommodation | addendum | adjustment | affirmance | affirmation | aftermath | afterthought | allegation | announcement | 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tone ending | triumph | victory | windup | withdrawal | yarn | Z Conclusion In Webster's Dictionary \Con*clu"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See
{Conclude}.]
1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end.
A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of
the contest. --Prescott.
2. Final decision; determination; result.
And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --Shak.
3. Any inference or result of reasoning.
4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the
necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two
related propositions called premises. See {Syllogism}.
He granted him both the major and minor, but denied
him the conclusion. --Addison.
5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic]
Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still
conclusion. --Shak.
6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be
drawn. [Obs.]
We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and
inoculating. --Bacon.
7. (Law)
(a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal
ending of an indictment, ``against the peace,'' etc.
(b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a
particular position. --Wharton.
{Conclusion to the country} (Law), the conclusion of a
pleading by which a party ``puts himself upon the
country,'' i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury.
--Mozley & W.
{In conclusion}.
(a) Finally.
(b) In short.
{To try conclusions}, to make a trial or an experiment.
Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the
basket creep. --Shak.
Syn: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end;
decision. See {Inference}.
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