Conclude

Quick meaning: Conclude is a verb meaning (intransitive) To end; to come to an end.

Meaning

(intransitive) To end; to come to an end.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
2. (transitive) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
3. (transitive) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
4. (often passive voice) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar.
5. (obsolete) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
6. (obsolete) To shut up; to enclose.
7. (obsolete) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.

Example Sentences

to conclude a bargain

if we conclude a peace

The story concluded with a moral.

From the evidence, I conclude that this man was murdered.

Word Forms

• concludes
• concluding
• concluded

Synonyms for conclude

Depending on context, synonyms include resolve.

Antonyms for conclude

Common opposites include begin, initiate, start, commence.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include resolve, conclusion, finish, ended, closure, end.

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