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Conclusion - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Conclusion : (noun)
1: a position or opinion or judgment reached after
consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the
opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into
account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"
[syn: decision, determination]
2: an intuitive assumption; "jump to a conclusion"
3: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point
of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up
at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of
the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish,
last, close]
4: event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the
ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are
broadcast it will be the finish of the show" [syn: ending,
finish] [ant: beginning]
5: the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the
proposition that must follow from the major and minor
premises of a syllogism) [syn: ratiocination]
6: the act of ending something; "the termination of the
agreement" [syn: termination, ending]
7: a final settlement; "the conclusion of a business deal";
"the conclusion of the peace treaty"
8: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want
to say..." [syn: end, close, closing, ending]
9: the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden
of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
[syn: decision, determination]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Conclusion : \Con*clu"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See
Conclude.]
1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end.
A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of
the contest. --Prescott.
2. Final decision; determination; result.
And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --Shak.
3. Any inference or result of reasoning.
4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the
necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two
related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.
He granted him both the major and minor, but denied
him the conclusion. --Addison.
5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic]
Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still
conclusion. --Shak.
6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be
drawn. [Obs.]
We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and
inoculating. --Bacon.
7. (Law)
(a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal
ending of an indictment, ``against the peace,'' etc.
(b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a
particular position. --Wharton.
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.
Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the
basket creep. --Shak.
Syn: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end;
decision. See Inference.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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CONCLUSION, practice. Making the last argument or address to the court or
jury. The party on whom the onus probandi is cast, in general has the
conclusion.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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CONCLUSION, remedies. An estoppel; a bar; the act of a man by which he has
confessed a matter or thing which he can no longer deny; as, for example,
the sheriff is concluded by his return to a writ, and therefore, if upon a
capias he return cepi corpus, he cannot afterwards show that he did not
arrest the defendant, but is concluded by his return. Vide Plowd. 276, b; 3
Tho. Co. Litt. 600.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Conclusion |
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cdny: I've come to the Conclusion that SaladWorks is the most depressing dining destination in NJ. Seriously wanted to ask for the Xanax dressing. |
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ejayejay: Kuya says. Came to the Conclusion that u gotta be a jerk or an ahole to hav a gf. U can cheat on them and they will always come back.. Ha |
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cachondo: 2007's Cranford returns for a 2 part Conclusion on Sunday. Superb! 9:00 PM, bbc 1. http://j.mp/6bLkTU |
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