conclusion

See also:conclusión

English

Alternative forms

• concl.(shortening)

Etymology

FromMiddle English,borrowed fromOld Frenchconclusion,fromLatinconclūsiō,from the past participle stem ofconclūdere(“to conclude”),fromcon-+‎claudō,ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*kleh₂u-(“key, hook, nail”).Bysurface analysis,conclude+‎-sion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kənˈkluːʒən/

• Audio(General American):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-uːʒən

Noun

conclusion(countableanduncountable,pluralconclusions)

1. Theend,finish,closeorlastpartof something.
   • 1855,William H[ickling] Prescott,“Early Days of Philip”, inHistory of the Reign ofPhilip the Second,King of Spain,volume I, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company,→OCLC,book I,page60:

     At the end of the seventh hour, a flourish of trumpets announced theconclusionof the contest;[…]

   • 1989October,Richard R. Burt,“Status of the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks”, inDepartment of State Bulletin: The Official Monthly Record of United States Foreign Policy,volume89,number2151,page19,column 3:

     Some have recently questioned whetherconclusionof a START treaty is a lower priority for the Bush Administration thanconclusionof a conventional force in Europe (CFE) treaty or whether we want to delay START pending progress in CFE.

2. Theoutcomeorresultof aprocessoract.
3. Adecisionreached after carefulthought.

   The board has come to theconclusionthat 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]forAndrew Wise,andWilliam Aspley,published1600,→OCLC,[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 theconcluſionis, ſhe ſhal be thine, [...]

   • 1992,Rudolf M[athias]Schuster,The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian,volume V, Chicago, Ill.:Field Museum of Natural History,→ISBN,page vii:

     With fresh material, taxonomicconclusionsare 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 soundconclusions.Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get [...]

4. (logic)In anargumentorsyllogism,thepropositionthatfollowsas anecessaryconsequenceof thepremises.
   • 1716April 20 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 32. Monday, April 9.[1716.]”,inThe Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq;[…],volume IV, London:[…]Jacob Tonson,[…],published1721,→OCLC:

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

5. (obsolete)Anexperiment,or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
   • 1627(indicated as1626),Francis [Bacon],“New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”,inSylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries.[…],London:[…]William Rawley[…];[p]rinted by J[ohn]H[aviland]for William Lee[…],→OCLC,pages33–34:

     [W]ee practiſe likewise allConcluſionsofGrafting,andInoculating,as well ofVVilde-Trees,asFruit-Trees,which produceth many Effects.

6. (law)The end or close of apleading,for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
7. (law)Anestoppelorbarby which a person is held to a particular position.
   • 1818,William Cruise,A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property:

     It was determined, that though the fine operated at first byconclusion,and passed no interest, yet the estoppel should bind the heir

8. arrangement;settlement.

Synonyms

• (end):endpoint,terminus;see alsoThesaurus: finish
• (end of literary work):epilogue,postamble;see alsoThesaurus: afterword

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of“end”):beginning,initiation,start;see alsoThesaurus: beginning

Coordinate terms

• (in logic):premise

Derived terms

• conclusional
• conclusionary
• counterconclusion
• foregone conclusion
• in conclusion
• inconclusion
• misconclusion
• nonconclusion
• subconclusion

Related terms

• conclude
• conclusive
• conclusively
• conclusiveness

Translations

end, final part

• Armenian:եզրակացություն(hy)(ezrakacʻutʻyun)
• Bulgarian:край(bg)m(kraj),завъ́ршване(bg)n(zavǎ́ršvane),приклю́чване(bg)n(prikljúčvane)
• Catalan:conclusió(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Kết thúc／Kết thúc(zh)(jiéshù)

• Danish:konklusionc,afslutning(da)c
• Dutch:conclusie(nl),einde(nl)
• Esperanto:konkludo
• 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)

  Ancient:καταστροφήf(katastrophḗ)

• Indonesian:kesimpulan(id),konklusi(id),simpulan(id)
• Italian:conclusione(it)f
• Japanese:Chung わり(ja)(おわり, owari),Kết び(ja)(むすび, musubi),Chung kết(ja)(しゅうけつ, shūketsu),Kết thúc(ja)(しゅうりょう, shūryō)
• Korean:종결( chung kết )(ko)(jonggyeol)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:کۆتایی(kotayî)

• Latin:clausulaf
• Macedonian:заклучокm(zaklučok)
• Malay:kesimpulan,konlusi
• Maori:whakamutunga,kupu whakatepe,porotutukitanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:avslutning(no)morf

  Nynorsk:avslutningf

• Occitan:conclusion(oc)f
• Portuguese:conclusão(pt)f
• Romanian:concluzie(ro)f
• Russian:оконча́ние(ru)n(okončánije),заверше́ние(ru)n(zaveršénije)
• Scottish Gaelic:eàrrmorf
• Sicilian:cunchiusiunif,accapataf
• Spanish:conclusión(es)f
• Tagalog:pasyahin
• Vietnamese:kết thúc(vi)(Kết thúc)

outcome

• Bashkir:һөҙөмтә(höźömtə),нәтижә(nətijə),йомғаҡ(yomğaq)
• Belarusian:рэзульта́тm(rezulʹtát),вы́нік(be)m(výnik)
• Bulgarian:и́звод(bg)m(ízvod),резулта́т(bg)m(rezultát)
• Catalan:conclusió(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Kết quả／Kết quả(zh)(jiéguǒ)

• Dutch:besluit(nl),conclusie(nl)
• Esperanto:konkludo
• 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)
• Hebrew:מסקנה(he)f(maskaná)
• Italian:conclusione(it)f
• Japanese:Kết quả(ja)(けっか, kekka),Phần cuối(ja)(けつまつ, ketsumatsu)
• Korean:결과( kết quả )(ko)(gyeolgwa)
• Navajo:ałtso bééʼdeetánígíí
• Occitan:conclusion(oc)f
• Persian:نتیجه(phát)(natije)
• Polish:wniosek(pl),wynik(pl),rezultat(pl)
• Portuguese:conclusão(pt)f
• Romanian:concluzie(ro)f
• Russian:результа́т(ru)m(rezulʹtát),исхо́д(ru)m(isxód)
• Scottish Gaelic:builf
• Sicilian:accapataf,cunchiusiunif
• Spanish:conclusión(es)f
• Tagalog:pasyahin
• Ukrainian:результа́т(uk)m(rezulʹtát),ви́слід(uk)m(výslid)
• Vietnamese:kết quả(vi)(Kết quả)

decision, judgment

• Armenian:որոշում(hy)(orošum)
• Asturian:conclusiónf
• Azerbaijani:nəticə(az),qənaət
• Belarusian:вы́вад(be)m(vývad),вы́нік(be)m(výnik),заключэ́ннеn(zaključénnje)
• Bulgarian:заключе́ние(bg)n(zaključénie)
• Catalan:conclusió(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Kết luận／Kết luận(zh)(jiélùn)

• Czech:závěr(cs)m
• Dutch:besluit(nl),conclusie(nl)f
• Esperanto:konkludo
• Finnish:ratkaisu(fi),johtopäätös(fi),päätelmä(fi)
• Galician:conclusión(gl)f
• German:Schlussfolgerung(de)f
• Greek:συμπέρασμα(el)n(sympérasma)
• Hungarian:következtetés(hu)
• Italian:conclusione(it)f
• Japanese:Kết luận(ja)(けつろん, ketsuron)
• Kazakh:тұжырым(tūjyrym)
• Korean:결론( kết luận )(ko)(gyeollon)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:konklusjon(no)m

  Nynorsk:konklusjonm

• Polish:wniosek(pl)m,konkluzja(pl)f
• Portuguese:conclusão(pt)f
• Russian:вы́вод(ru)m(vývod),заключе́ние(ru)n(zaključénije)
• Sicilian:cunchiusiunif
• Slovak:záverm
• Spanish:conclusión(es)f
• Swedish:slutsats(sv)
• Tagalog:pasyahin
• Ukrainian:ви́сновокm(výsnovok),заклю́ченняn(zakljúčennja)
• Vietnamese:kết luận(vi)(Kết(vi))

of a syllogism

• Arabic:نَتِيجَةf(natīja)
• Azerbaijani:nəticə(az)
• Bashkir:һөҙөмтә(höźömtə),нәтижә(nətijə),һығымта(hığımta),йомғаҡ(yomğaq)
• Bulgarian:заключе́ние(bg)n(zaključénie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Kết luận／Kết luận(zh)(jiélùn)

• Czech:závěr(cs)m
• Dutch:logischgevolg,conclusie(nl)
• Finnish:johtopäätös(fi),päätelmä(fi)
• German:logischeSchlussfolgerungf,Vernunftschlussm,Folgerung(de)f
• Greek:συμπέρασμα(el)n(sympérasma)
• Japanese:Kết luận(ja)(けつろん, ketsuron)
• Korean:결론( kết luận )(ko)(gyeollon)
• Polish:konkluzja(pl)f
• Portuguese:conclusão(pt)f
• Russian:умозаключе́ние(ru)n(umozaključénije)
• Sicilian:cunchiusiunif,èsitum,diduzziunif,nnuzziunif,abduzziunif
• Spanish:conclusión(es)f
• Swedish:slutsats(sv)c
• Thai:ข้อสรุป(th)
• Ukrainian:умови́відm(umovývid)

French

Etymology

FromOld French,fromLatinconclūsiōnem,from the past participle stem ofconclūdere(“conclude”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kɔ̃.kly.zjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

conclusionf(pluralconclusions)

1. conclusion

   Coordinate term:introduction

Related terms

• conclure

Further reading

• “conclusion”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Anagrams

• concluions

Interlingua

Noun

conclusion(pluralconclusiones)

1. conclusion

Occitan

Etymology

FromLatinconclūsiō.

Pronunciation

• Audio(Béarn):

  (file)

Noun

conclusionf(pluralconclusions)

1. conclusion

Related terms

• conclure