conclude (verb)
1conclude — ► VERB 1) bring or come to an end. 2) arrive at a judgement or opinion by reasoning. 3) formally settle or arrange (a treaty or agreement). ORIGIN Latin concludere, from claudere to shut …
2conclude — con‧clude [kənˈkluːd] verb 1. [intransitive] to decide that something is true after considering all the facts: • The Stock Exchange concluded that the accounts could be regarded as suspect because they made no reference to such businesses. • We… …
3conclude — I (complete) verb abort, adjourn, break off, bring to a close, bring to an end, bring to rest, carry to completion, cease, climax, close, conficere, consummate, culminate, discharge, discontinue, dispose of, end, execute, exhaust, finalize,… …
4conclude — verb (concluded; concluding) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin concludere to shut up, end, infer, from com + claudere to shut more at close Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. obsolete to shut up ; enclose …
5conclude — verb (T) 1 to decide that something is true after considering all the information you have: conclude that: The enquiry concluded that the accident had been caused by human error. | conclude from sth that: Davis concludes from an analysis of… …
6conclude — verb Conclude is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑article, ↑author, ↑committee, ↑court, ↑enquiry, ↑investigation, ↑judge, ↑letter, ↑meeting, ↑panel, ↑paper, ↑ …
7conclude — verb 1) the meeting concluded at ten Syn: finish, end, draw to a close, be over, stop, cease Ant: commence, start, begin 2) she concluded the press conference Syn …
8conclude — verb 1) the meeting concluded at ten Syn: finish, end, draw to a close, stop, cease 2) he concluded the press conference Syn: bring to an end, close, wind up, terminate; informal wrap up 3) …
9conclude — verb /kən.ˈkluːd/ a) To end, to come to an end. b) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision …
10conclude — verb 1》 bring or come to an end. ↘formally settle or arrange (an agreement). 2》 arrive at a judgement or opinion by reasoning. Origin ME (in the sense convince ): from L. conclus , concludere, from con completely + claudere to shut …
