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   conclusion

   /kənˈkluːʒn/

   noun

   • 1. the end or finish of an event, process, or text: "the conclusion of World War Two" Similar endendingfinishcloseclosureterminationwind-upcessationculminationfinaledenouementcodaperorationepilogueOpposite beginningstart
   • ▪ the summing-up of an argument or text: "in the conclusion we highlight these and other important issues"
   • ▪ the formal and final arrangement of an agreement: "the conclusion of a free-trade accord" Similar negotiationbrokeringsettlementsettlingclinchingcompletionarrangingaccomplishmentestablishmentresolution
   • 2. a judgement or decision reached by reasoning: "each research group came to a similar conclusion" Similar deductioninferenceinterpretationreasoningopinionjudgementdecisiondiagnosisverdictdeterminationassumptionpresumptionsuppositionconjecturesurmise
   • ▪ a proposition that is reached from given premises.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin conclusio(n-), from the verb concludere (see conclude).

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