conclusion

n.

1. The close or last part; the end or finish.
2. The result or outcome of an act or process.
3. A judgment or decision reached after deliberation. See synonyms at decision.
4. A final arrangement or settlement, as of a treaty.
5. (Abbr. con.) Law. The close of a plea or deed.
6. Logic.
   1. The proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises in a syllogism.
   2. The proposition concluded from one or more premises; a deduction.

[Middle English conclusioun, from Old French conclusion, from Latin conclūsiō, conclūsiōn-, from conclūsus, past participle of conclūdere, to end. See conclude.]

noun

1. A concluding or terminating: cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, consummation, end, ending, end of the line, finish, period, stop, stopping point, termination, terminus, wind-up, wrap-up. See continue/stop/pause.
2. The last part: close, end, ending, finale, finish, last, termination, wind-up, wrap-up. See start/end.
3. A position reached after consideration: decision, determination, resolution. See decide/hesitate.
4. A position arrived at by reasoning from premises or general principles: deduction, illation, illative, inference, judgment. See reason/unreason.

n

Definition: end
Antonyms: beginning, commencement, introduction, preface, prelude, start

n

Definition: judgment, decision
Antonyms: concept, theory

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The result or proposition arrived at by a process of reasoning.

IN BRIEF: An opinion reached by thinking and judgment.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. — Samuel Butler.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - konklusion, afgørelse, slutning

idioms:

• in conclusion    afsluttende, til slut

Nederlands (Dutch)
beëindiging, conclusie, besluit, afsluiting

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Philos) conclusion, fin

idioms:

• in conclusion    en conclusion

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abschluß, Schluß, Folgerung

idioms:

• in conclusion    zum Abschluß, abschließend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λήξη, πέρας, έκβαση, απόληξη, σύναψη (σύμβασης κ.λπ.), συμπέρασμα, πόρισμα

idioms:

• in conclusion    τελικά, ανακεφαλαιώνοντας

Italiano (Italian)
conclusione, deduzione, constatazione, osservazione

idioms:

• in conclusion    per concludere, in conclusione
• jump/leap to conclusions    arrivare a una conclusione affrettata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - conclusão (f)

idioms:

• in conclusion    finalmente
• jump/leap to conclusions    tirar conclusões precipitadas

Русский (Russian)
окончание, завершение, вывод

idioms:

• in conclusion    в заключение
• jump/leap to conclusions    делать поспешные выводы

Español (Spanish)
n. - conclusión, terminación, deducción, firma

idioms:

• in conclusion    para terminar, en conclusión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avslutning, slutande, slutledning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
结论, 断案, 结尾

idioms:

• in conclusion    最后, 总之

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 結論, 斷案, 結尾

idioms:

• in conclusion    最後, 總之

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 결말, 결과, 체결

idioms:

• in conclusion    결론적으로 , 최후에

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 結論, 帰結, 終結, 締結

idioms:

• in conclusion    終わりに, 要するに
• jump/leap to conclusions    速断する, 早合点する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ختام, استنتاج, نتيجه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסקנה, עריכה (של הסכם), הסדר, סיכום, סיום, תוצאה סופית‬

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