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conclusión

Definitions of conclusión
  1. noun
    a concluding action
    synonyms: cierre, finalización
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    consumación
    the act of bringing to completion or fruition
    graduación
    the successful completion of a program of study
    cumplimiento, realización
    something that is made real or concrete
    realización
    the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc)
    type of:
    final, terminación
    the act of ending something
  2. noun
    the act of ending something
    synonyms: final, terminación
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    cierre, finalización
    a concluding action
    cese, despedida, despido, destitución
    the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
    aniquilación, asolación, asolamiento, destrozo, devastación
    the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
    muerte
    the act of terminating a life
    abolición, amortización, derogación, supresión
    the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)
    liquidación, saldo
    termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
    cierre, clausura, parada, parón
    termination of operations
    extinción, mitigación
    the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
    encadenado
    gradually ceasing to be visible
    aborto
    termination of pregnancy
    desactivación
    the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)
    descontinuación, suspensión
    the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
    consumación
    the act of bringing to completion or fruition
    graduación
    the successful completion of a program of study
    cesión
    the act of ceding
    transferencia, traspaso
    act of relinquishing property or authority etc
    contento, desistimiento, emisión, liberación, puesta en libertad
    a formal written statement of relinquishment
    subversión
    the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
    debacle, desastre
    an act that has disastrous consequences
    arruinamiento, desbaratamiento
    destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
    arrasamiento
    complete destruction of a building
    decimación
    destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
    golpe mortal
    the blow that kills (usually mercifully)
    eutanasia
    the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
    asesinato, crimen, homicida, homicidio, muerte, pesadilla
    the killing of a human being by another human being
    caída
    the act of felling something (as a tree)
    suicidio
    the act of killing yourself
    emponzoñamiento, envenenamiento, intoxicación, toxinfección
    the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
    agobio, ahogo, asfixia, sofocación, sofoco
    killing by depriving of oxygen
    electrocución
    killing by electric shock
    decapitación, degollación, degüello
    killing by cutting off the head
    mortinato
    a natural loss of the products of conception
    exheredación
    the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit
    prorrogación
    discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it
    anulación, disolución, invalidación
    (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)
    boicot, boicoteo, sabotaje
    a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
    exterminio
    the act of exterminating
    genocidio
    systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
    holocausto
    an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)
    gamberrismo, vandalismo
    willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
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    cambio de estado
    the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
  3. noun
    an intuitive assumption
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    suposición, supuesto
    a hypothesis that is taken for granted
  4. noun
    the last section of a communication
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    anticlímax
    a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
    epílogo
    a short passage added at the end of a literary work
    epílogo
    a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
    peroración
    (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration
    coda
    the closing section of a musical composition
    type of:
    apartado, sección
    a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
  5. noun
    the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
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    proposición
    (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
  6. noun
    event whose occurrence ends something
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    fin
    the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
    resultado
    something that results
    resultado inevitable
    an inevitable ending
    demolición, derribo, derrumbamiento, destrucción
    an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
    omega, z
    the ending of a series or sequence
    alto, interrupción, parada
    the event of something ending
    victoria
    a successful ending of a struggle or contest
    derrota
    an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
    desenlace
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
    consecuencia
    the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
    merecido
    an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)
    continuación, secuela
    something that follows something else
    el peor
    the least favorable outcome
    aniquilación, aniquilamiento
    total destruction
    desarraigo, erradicación, extirpación
    the complete destruction of every trace of something
    perdición, ruina
    an event that results in destruction
    triunfo
    a victory (as in a race or other competition)
    cesación, cese
    a stopping
    inmovilización, paralización
    an interruption of normal activity
    independencia
    the successful ending of the American Revolution
    victoria pírrica
    a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses
    jaque mate
    complete victory
    paliza, vapuleo
    a sound defeat
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    suceso
    an event that happens
  7. noun
    the point in time at which something ends
    synonyms: fin, final, terminación, tope
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    antonyms:
    apertura, comienzo, empiece, iniciación, inicio, nacimiento, offset, principio, umbral
    the time at which something is supposed to begin
    types:
    fenecimiento, fin, final, meta, remate, terminación, término
    the temporal end; the concluding time
    cola
    the time of the last part of something
    caducidad, expiración, terminación, vencimiento
    a coming to an end of a contract period
    limitación, límite, tope
    final or latest limiting point
    type of:
    momento, punto
    an instant of time
  8. noun
    the temporal end; the concluding time
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    fin, final, terminación, tope
    the point in time at which something ends
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