Conclusion

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: con=clu=sion

CIDE DICTIONARY

Conclusion, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude.].

•  The last part of anything; close; termination; end.  [1913 Webster]

  "A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest."  [1913 Webster]
•  Final decision; determination; result.  [1913 Webster]

  "And the conclusion is, she shall be thine."  [1913 Webster]
•  Any inference or result of reasoning.  [1913 Webster]
•  The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.  [1913 Webster]

  "He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion."  [1913 Webster]
•  Drawing of inferences.  [1913 Webster]

  "Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes
  And still conclusion."  [1913 Webster]
•  An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.  [1913 Webster]

  "We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating."  [1913 Webster]
•  The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, “against the peace,” etc.  Wharton.  [1913 Webster]

  "Like the famous ape,
  To try conclusions, in the basket creep."

Conclusion to the country (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by which a party “puts himself upon the country,” i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. Mozley & W. -- In conclusion. (a) Finally. (b) In short. -- To try conclusions, to make a trial or an experiment.

Syn. -- Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See Inference.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Conclusion, n.
1 a final result; a termination.
2 a judgement reached by reasoning.
3 the summing-up of an argument, article, book, etc.
4 a settling; an arrangement (the conclusion of peace).
5 Logic a proposition that is reached from given premisses; the third and last part of a syllogism.

Idiom

in conclusion lastly, to conclude. try conclusions with engage in a trial of skill etc. with.

Etymology

ME f. OF conclusion or L conclusio (as conclude)

THESAURUS

Conclusion

PS, Parthian shot, Z, accommodation, addendum, adjustment, affirmance, affirmation, aftermath, afterthought, allegation, announcement, annunciation, apodosis, appendix, arrangement, assertion, asseveration, assumption, attitude, averment, avouchment, avowal, back matter, bitter end, catastrophe, cease, ceasing, cessation, chorus, clear, climate of opinion, climax, close, closing, closure, coda, codicil, cogent, colophon, common belief, community sentiment, compelling, completing, completion, conceit, concept, conception, conclusive, consensus gentium, consequence, consequent, consideration, consummation, continuance, continuation, convincing, corollary, crack of doom, creed, culmination, curtain, curtains, death, decease, deciding, decisive, declaration, deduction, definitive, denouement, derivation, descendant, desistance, destination, destiny, determinant, determinate, determination, determinative, dictum, doom, double take, dying words, dynasty, effect, end, end point, end result, ending, enunciation, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, estimate, estimation, ethos, expiration, eye, fate, feeling, final result, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finis, finish, finishing, follow-through, follow-up, full development, general belief, goal, heir, idea, illation, impression, incontrovertible, induction, inference, ipse dixit, irrefragable, irrefutable, izzard, judgment, last, last act, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, lights, line, lineage, manifesto, maturation, maturity, mind, mystique, notion, observation, offspring, omega, opinion, parting shot, payoff, perfection, period, peroration, personal judgment, point of view, popular belief, position, position paper, positive declaration, posterity, postface, postfix, postlude, postscript, posture, precise, predicate, predication, presumption, prevailing belief, proclamation, profession, pronouncement, proposition, protest, protestation, public belief, public opinion, quietus, ratiocination, reaction, refrain, resolution, resting place, ripeness, rounding off, rounding out, say, say-so, saying, sealing, second thought, sentiment, sequel, sequela, sequelae, sequelant, sequent, sequitur, settlement, sight, signature, signing, solemnization, stance, stand, statement, stop, stoppage, stopping place, subscript, successor, suffix, supplement, swan song, tag, telling, term, terminal, termination, terminus, theory, thinking, thought, topping off, unambiguous, unanswerable, utterance, view, vouch, way of thinking, windup, word

ROGET THESAURUS

Conclusion

End

N end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum.

Completion

N completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment, performance, execution, despatch, dispatch, consummation, culmination, finish, conclusion, close, terminus, winding up, finale, denouement, catastrophe, issue, upshot, result, final touch, last touch, crowning touch, finishing touch, finishing stroke, last finish, coup de grace, crowning of the edifice, coping-stone, keystone, missing link, superstructure, ne plus ultra, work done, fait accompli, elaboration, finality, completeness, completing, final, concluding, conclusive, crowning, exhaustive, done, completed, done for, sped, wrought out, highly wrought, thorough, ripe, completely, to crown all, out of hand, the race is run, actum est, finis coronat opus, consummatum est, c'en est fait, it is all over, the game is played out, the bubble has burst, aussitot dit aussitot fait, aut non tentaris aut perfice.

Judgment

N judgment, result, conclusion, upshot, deduction, inference, ergotism, illation, corollary, porism, moral, estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication, dijudication, adjudication, arbitrament, arbitrement, arbitration, assessment, ponderation, valorization, award, estimate, review, criticism, critique, notice, report, decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree, findings of fact, findings of law, res judicata, plebiscite, voice, casting vote, vote, opinion, good judgment, judge, umpire, arbiter, arbitrator, asessor, referee, censor, reviewer, critic, connoisseur, commentator, inspector, inspecting officer, twenty-twenty hindsight, armchair general, monday morning quarterback, judging, judicious, determinate, conclusive, on the whole, all things considered, a Daniel come to judgment, and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd, it is much easier to be critical than to be correc, la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile, nothing if not critical, O most lame and impotent conclusion.

Belief

N belief, credence, credit, assurance, faith, trust, troth, confidence, presumption, sanguine expectation, dependence on, reliance on, persuasion, conviction, convincement, plerophory, self- conviction, certainty, opinion, mind, view, conception, thinking, impression, surmise, conclusion, tenet, dogma, principle, way of thinking, popular belief, firm belief, implicit belief, settled belief, fixed rooted deep- rooted belief, staunch belief, unshaken belief, steadfast belief, inveterate belief, calm belief, sober belief, dispassionate belief, impartial belief, well-founded belief, firm opinion, implicit opinion, settled opinion, fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion, staunch opinion, unshaken opinion, steadfast opinion, inveterate opinion, calm opinion, sober opinion, dispassionate opinion, impartial opinion, well-founded opinion, uberrima fides, system of opinions, school, doctrine, articles, canons, article of faith, declaration of faith, profession of faith, tenets, credenda, creed, thirty-nine articles, catechism, assent, propaganda, credibility, believing, certain, sure, assured, positive, cocksure, satisfied, confident, unhesitating, convinced, secure, under the impression, impressed with, imbued with, penetrated with, confiding, suspectless, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, void of suspicion, credulous, wedded to, believed, accredited, putative, unsuspected, worthy of, deserving of, commanding belief, credible, reliable, trustworthy, to be depended on, satisfactory, probably, fiducial, fiduciary, persuasive, impressive, relating to belief, doctrinal, in the opinion of, in the eyes of, me judice, meseems, methinks, to the best of one's belief, I dare say, I doubt not, I have no doubt, I am sure, sure enough, depend upon, rely upon it, be assured, rest assured, I'll warrant you, experto crede, fata viam invenient, Justitiae soror incorrupta Fides, live to explain thy doctrine by thy life, stands not within the prospect of belief, tarde quae credita laedunt credimus, vide et crede.

Maxim

N maxim, aphorism, apothegm, apophthegm, dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb, sentence, mot, motto, word, byword, moral, phylactery, protasis, axiom, theorem, scholium, truism, postulate, first principles, a priori fact, assumption (supposition), reflection, conclusion, golden rule, principle, principia, profession of faith, settled principle, accepted principle, formula, accepted fact, received truth, wise maxim, sage maxim, received maxim, admitted maxim, recognized maxim, true saying, common saying, hackneyed saying, trite saying, commonplace saying, aphoristic, proverbial, phylacteric, axiomatic, gnomic, as the saying goes, as the saying is, as they say.