English Dictionary
Definition of “conclude”
conclude (kənˈkluːd
)
Definitions
verb (mainly tr)
- (also intr) to come or cause to come to an end or conclusion
- (takes a clause as object) to decide by reasoning; deduce ⇒
the judge concluded that the witness had told the truth
- to arrange finally; settle ⇒
to conclude a treaty
it was concluded that he should go
- obsolete to confine
Alternative Forms
conˈcluder noun Word Origin
C14: from Latin conclūdere to enclose, end, from claudere to close
Synonyms
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decide,
judge,
establish,
suppose,
determine,
assume,
gather,
reckon,
work out,
infer,
deduce,
surmise,
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accomplish,
effect,
settle,
bring about,
fix,
carry out,
resolve,
clinch,
pull off,
bring off,
Translations
- British English:
conclude
If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know.He concluded that the man was guilty.kənˈkluːd VERB He concluded that the man was guilty.
- Spanish:
concluir
v
- French:
conclure
vt
- German:
folgern
vt
- Chinese: 结束 vt
- Arabic: يَخْتَتِمُ vt
- Portuguese: concluir vt
- Russian: заключать vt
- Croatian: zaključiti v
- Czech: usoudit vt usuzovat
- Danish: afslutte v
- Dutch: beëindigen vt
- Finnish: viedä päätökseen v
- Greek: ολοκληρώνω v
- Italian: concludere v
- Japanese: 結論を出す v
- Korean: ...의 결말을 짓다 vt
- Norwegian: fullføre v
- Polish: zakończyć vt kończyć
- Brazilian Portuguese: concluir vt
- European Spanish:
concluir
v
- Swedish: sammanfatta vt
- Thai: สรุป vt
- Turkish: sonucuna varmak vt
- Vietnamese: kết thúc v
Usage examples
Most people will conclude that you, Danlo the Wild, must have merely imprinted the Alaloi reality.
Zindell, David, The Broken God (1993)The researchers conclude that wide-ranging carnivores should not be kept in captivity.
New Scientist (2003)We conclude on a celebratory note, with Alston's master of divinity graduation ceremony PERSONAL NAME: Macky Alston
Globe and Mail (2003)That could lead Mr Brown to conclude that his future still lies in Britain.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2004)It would certainly be premature to conclude that meditation is no different from sleep.
Paul Martin, COUNTING SHEEP: The Science and Pleasures of Sleep and Dreams (2002)
