Conclusion (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the end or close; final part.
  2. the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached.
  3. a result, issue, or outcome; settlement or arrangement: The restitution payment was one of the conclusions of the negotiations.
  4. final decision: The judge has reached his conclusion.
  5. a reasoned deduction or inference.
  6. a proposition concluded or inferred from the premises of an argument.
  7. Law.
    • the effect of an act by which the person performing the act is bound not to do anything inconsistent therewith; an estoppel.
    • the end of a pleading or conveyance.
  8. apodosis.
Idioms
  1. finally: In conclusion, I would like to thank you for your attention.
  2. to engage oneself in a struggle for victory or mastery over, as a person or an impediment.
noun
  1. end or termination
  2. the last main division of a speech, lecture, essay, etc
  3. the outcome or result of an act, process, event, etc (esp in the phrase a foregone conclusion)
  4. a final decision or judgment; resolution (esp in the phrase come to a conclusion)
  5. logic
    • a statement that purports to follow from another or others (the premises) by means of an argument
    • a statement that does validly follow from given premises
  6. law
    • an admission or statement binding on the party making it; estoppel
    • the close of a pleading or of a conveyance
  7. lastly; to sum up
  8. to come to a conclusion prematurely, without sufficient thought or on incomplete evidence
Conclusion (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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