Conclusion Meaning
/kənˈkluːʒən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe end, finish, close or last part of something.
nounThe outcome or result of a process or act.
Sentence Examples
Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.
Your conclusion is highly arguable.
It was a logical conclusion from the child's point of view.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The detective reached a firm ____ after examining all the evidence carefully.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
What logical ____ did you firmly draw from that complicated data?
Word Origin & History
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French conclusion, from Latin conclūsiō, from the past participle stem of conclūdere (“to conclude”), from con- + claudō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). By surface analysis, conclude + -sion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"At the end of the seventh hour, a flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest; […]"
— 1855, William H[ickling] Prescott, “Early Days of Philip”, in History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume I, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC, book I, page 60:
"Some have recently questioned whether conclusion of a START treaty is a lower priority for the Bush Administration than conclusion of a conventional force in Europe (CFE) treaty or whether we want to delay START pending progress in CFE."
— 1989 October, Richard R. Burt, “Status of the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks”, in Department of State Bulletin: The Official Monthly Record of United States Foreign Policy, volume 89, number 2151, page 19, column 3:
"[I]n her boſome Ile vnclaſpe my heart, / And take her hearing priſoner with the force / And ſtrong incounter of my amorous tale: / Then after to her father will I breake, / And the concluſion is, ſhe ſhal be thine, [...]"
— 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, Much Adoe about Nothing. […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
"With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get [...]"
— 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
"He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion."
— 1716 April 19 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 32. Sunday, April 9. [1716.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The detective reached a firm ____ after examining all the evidence carefully.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
What logical ____ did you firmly draw from that complicated data?