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English noun: conclusion | |||
| 1. | conclusion (cognition) a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration | ||
| Samples | A decision unfavorable to the opposition. His conclusion took the evidence into account. Satisfied with the panel's determination. | ||
| Synonyms | decision, determination | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | judgement, judgment, mind | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | predetermination | ||
| 2. | conclusion (cognition) an intuitive assumption | ||
| Samples | Jump to a conclusion. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assumption, supposal, supposition | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | non sequitur | ||
| 3. | conclusion (time) the temporal end; the concluding time | ||
| Samples | 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 | close, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | end, ending | ||
| 4. | conclusion (event) event whose occurrence ends something | ||
| Samples | His death marked the ending of an era. When these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show. | ||
| Synonyms | ending, finish | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | defeat, demolition, destruction, end, final result, final stage, foregone conclusion, halt, last, licking, matter of course, omega, outcome, result, resultant, stop, termination, triumph, victory, wipeout, Z | ||
| Antonyms | beginning | ||
| 5. | conclusion (communication) the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) | ||
| Synonyms | ratiocination | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | proposition | ||
| Part holonym | major term, minor term | ||
| Part meronym | syllogism | ||
| 6. | conclusion (act) the act of ending something | ||
| Samples | The termination of the agreement. | ||
| Synonyms | ending, termination | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of state | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abolishment, abolition, abort, abortion, adjournment, breakup, closedown, closing, closing, closure, completion, culmination, deactivation, defusing, demonetisation, demonetization, destruction, devastation, disappearance, discharge, discontinuance, discontinuation, dismissal, dismission, dissolution, dissolution, drug withdrawal, extinction, extinguishing, fade, firing, kill, killing, liberation, liquidation, mop up, overthrow, putting to death, quenching, release, release, relinquishing, relinquishment, retirement, sack, sacking, settlement, shutdown, tone ending, windup, withdrawal | ||
| 7. | conclusion (communication) a final settlement | ||
| Samples | The conclusion of a business deal. The conclusion of the peace treaty. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | settlement | ||
| 8. | conclusion (communication) the last section of a communication | ||
| Samples | In conclusion I want to say.... | ||
| Synonyms | close, closing, end, ending | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | section, subdivision | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anticlimax, bathos, coda, epilog, epilog, epilogue, epilogue, finale, peroration | ||
| Part meronym | address, narration, recital, speech, yarn | ||
| 9. | conclusion (act) the act of making up your mind about something | ||
| Samples | The burden of decision was his. He drew his conclusions quickly. | ||
| Synonyms | decision, determination | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | choice, option, pick, selection | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | appointment, assignment, call, casting lots, designation, drawing lots, move, naming, resolution, sortition | ||
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