Concludes


[kuh n-klood] /kənˈklud/

verb (used with object), concluded, concluding.
1.
to bring to an end; finish; terminate:
to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
2.
to say in conclusion:
At the end of the speech he concluded that we had been a fine audience.
3.
to bring to a decision or settlement; settle or arrange finally:
to conclude a treaty.
4.
to determine by reasoning; deduce; infer:
They studied the document and concluded that the author must have been an eyewitness.
5.
to decide, determine, or resolve:
He concluded that he would go no matter what the weather.
6.
Obsolete.

verb (used without object), concluded, concluding.
7.
to come to an end; finish:
The meeting concluded at ten o’clock.
8.
to arrive at an opinion or judgment; come to a decision; decide:
The jury concluded to set the accused free.
/kənˈkluːd/
verb (mainly transitive)
1.
(also intransitive) to come or cause to come to an end or conclusion
2.
(takes a clause as object) to decide by reasoning; deduce: the judge concluded that the witness had told the truth
3.
to arrange finally; settle: to conclude a treaty, it was concluded that he should go
4.
(obsolete) to confine
v.

early 14c., “end an argument,” from Latin concludere “to shut up, enclose,” from com- “together” (see com-) + -cludere, comb. form of claudere “to shut” (see close (v.)). Meaning “reach a mental conclusion, deduce” is from late 14c., a sense also in Latin. Related: Concluded; concluding.

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