conclude

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to bring to a close

   The committee concluded the meeting.

2. 2
   verb

   to reach agreement on

   They concluded an economic agreement

3. 3
   verb

   To end; to come to an end.

   The story concluded with a moral.

4. 4
   verb

   To bring to an end; to close; to finish.

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

5. 5
   verb

   To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.

   to conclude a bargain

6. 6
   verb

   To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.

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

7. 7
   verb

   To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.

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

8. 8
   verb

   To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar.

   The defendant is concluded by his own plea.

Etymology

From Middle English concluden, borrowed from Latin conclūdere (“to shut up, close, end”).