conclusion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an intuitive assumption

   jump to a conclusion

2. 2
   noun

   the last section of a communication

   in conclusion I want to say...

3. 3
   noun

   a final settlement

   the conclusion of a business deal

4. 4
   noun

   The end, finish, close or last part of something.

   At the end of the seventh hour, a flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest; […]

5. 5
   noun

   A decision reached after careful thought.

   The board has come to the conclusion that the proposed takeover would not be in the interest of our shareholders.

6. 6
   noun

   In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.

   He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion.

7. 7
   noun

   An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.

   [W]ee practiſe likewise all Concluſions of Grafting, and Inoculating, as well of VVilde-Trees, as Fruit-Trees, which produceth many Effects.

8. 8
   noun

   An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.

   It was determined, that though the fine operated at first by conclusion, and passed no interest, yet the estoppel should bind the heir

Etymology

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.