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   conclude

   /kənˈkluːd/

   verb

   • 1. bring or come to an end: "they conclude their study with these words" Similar finishendcome to an enddraw to a closewind upbe overstopterminatecloseceaseculminatebring to an endbring to a closefinishclosewind upterminatedissolveround offinformal:wrap updated:put a period toOpposite startbegincommencestartbeginopen
   • ▪ formally and finally settle or arrange (an agreement): "an attempt to conclude a ceasefire" Similar negotiatereach an agreement onagreecome to terms onreach terms onbrokersettlesealset the seal onclinchfinalizetie upcompleteshake hands onclosebring aboutarrangeeffectengineeraccomplishestablishresolvework outpull offbring offthrash outhammer outinformal:sew upswingbutton up
   • 2. arrive at a judgement or opinion by reasoning: "the doctors concluded that Esther had suffered a stroke" Similar come to the conclusiondeduceinferdraw the inferencegatherjudgedecideassumepresumesupposeconjecturesurmisefigureinformal:reckonarchaic:collect
   • ▪ say in conclusion: "‘It's a wicked old world,’ she concluded"
   • ▪ decide to do something: dated US "we found some bread, which we concluded to eat"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘convince’): from Latin concludere, from con- ‘completely’ + claudere ‘to shut’.

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