Conclude

/kənˈkluːd/ · verb

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

The story concluded with a moral.

He inveighed against the folly of making oneself liable for the debts of others; vented many bitter execrations against the brother; and concluded with wishing something could be done for the unfortunate family.

I will conclude this part with the speech of a counsellor of state.

to conclude a bargain

if we conclude a peace

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

No man can certainly conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him.

But no frail man, however great or high, / Can be concluded blest before he die.

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Word Forms

• concludes
• concluding
• concluded

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