1. A position, opinion or judgment reached after consideration
   "his conclusion took the evidence into account";
   - decision, determination
    
2. The temporal end; the concluding time
   "the conclusion of each round was signaled by a bell";
   - stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, close
    
3. The act of ending something
   "the conclusion of the agreement";
   - termination, ending
    
4. The act of making up your mind about something
   "he drew his conclusions quickly";
   - decision, determination
    
5. The proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
   "The conclusion of the argument followed logically from the premises";
   - ratiocination
    
6. An intuitive assumption
   "jump to a conclusion"
    
7. Event whose occurrence ends something
   "his death marked the conclusion of an era";
   - ending, finish
    
8. A final settlement
   "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty"
    
9. The last section of a communication
   "in conclusion I want to say …";
   - end, close, closing, ending

Derived forms: conclusions

Type of: assumption, change of state, choice, end, ending, happening, judgement, judgment, mind, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, option, pick, proposition, section, selection, settlement, subdivision, supposal, supposition, verdict

Antonym: beginning

Part of: address, narration, recital, speech, syllogism, yarn

Encyclopedia: Conclusion, Rule, Proof, Application, Conclusion