conclude

The verb conclude means two related things: coming to a decision, and bringing to a close.

Conclude is related to the word close, which is related to an old Latin word for "barrier" or "bolt" — the kind you put on a door. When you conclude something, it's as though you're pulling a door shut and bolting it. If your girlfriend concludes an argument by leaving the room and slamming the door, you can conclude that she's angry at you.

Primary Meanings of conclude

1.	v	bring to a close
2.	v	decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

Full Definitions of conclude

v bring to a close

“The committee concluded the meeting”

Types:: perorate
conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation

Type of:: end, terminate
bring to an end or halt

v come to a close

Synonyms:: close

Type of:: cease, end, finish, stop, terminate
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

v decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

Synonyms:: reason, reason out

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; induce
reason or establish by induction; deduce, deduct, derive, infer
reason by deduction; establish by deduction; syllogise, syllogize
reason by syllogisms; feel, find
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; deduce, infer
conclude by reasoning; in logic; gather
conclude from evidence; extrapolate, generalise, generalize, infer
draw from specific cases for more general cases; extrapolate
gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating; surmise
infer from incomplete evidence; elicit
derive by reason; overgeneralise, overgeneralize
draw too general a conclusion; universalise, universalize
make universal

Type of:: cerebrate, cogitate, think
use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments

v reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

Synonyms:: resolve

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; determine, settle, square off, square up
settle conclusively; come to terms; clear, solve
settle, as of a debt; concert
settle by agreement; clinch
settle conclusively; compromise
settle by concession

Type of:: agree, concord, concur, hold
be in accord; be in agreement

v reach agreement on

“They concluded an economic agreement”

“We concluded a cease-fire”

Type of:: agree
achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose

Primary Meanings of conclude

v bring to a close

v come to a close

v decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

v reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

v reach agreement on

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conclude

Primary Meanings of conclude

v bring to a close

v come to a close

v decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

v reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

v reach agreement on

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