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conclude en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /kənˈkluːd/

Etymology

From Middle English concluden, borrowed from Latin conclūdere (“to shut up, close, end”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To end; to come to an end.
   • He inveighed against the folly of making oneself liable for the debts of others; vented many bitter execrations against the brother; and concluded with wishing something could be done for the unfortunate family. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
   • The story concluded with a moral.
2. (transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
   • I will conclude this part with the speech of a counsellor of state. a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC:
3. (transitive) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
   • to conclude a bargain
   • if we conclude a peace 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
4. (transitive) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
   • No man can certainly conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him. a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to Societies:
   • From the evidence, I conclude that this man was murdered.
5. (obsolete) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
   • But no frail man, however great or high, / Can be concluded blest before he die. 1717, Joseph Addison, Metamorphoses:
6. (qualifier:often passive voice) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar.
   • A judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence.
   • If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it. a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:
   • The defendant is concluded by his own plea.
7. (obsolete) To shut up; to enclose.
   • The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave. [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
8. (obsolete) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.
   • The Scripture hath concluded all under sin. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Galatians 3:22:
   • Banisht the Court? Let me be banisht Life; Since the chief end of Life is there concluded: Within the Court is all the Kingdom bounded, And as her sacred Sphear doth comprehend Ten thousand times so much, as so much Place In any part of all the Empire else; So every Body, moving in her Sphear, Contains Ten thousand times as much in him, As any other, her choice Orb excludes. 1601, Ben Jonson, The Poetaster, act IV, scene VIII originally but scene VII in Gifford’s 1816 edition volume II, page 493:
   • For God hath concluded all in unbelief. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 11:32:
9. to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)

Forms

Antonyms

commence (antonym(s) of “to end”) · start (antonym(s) of “to end”) · initiate (antonym(s) of “to end”) · begin (antonym(s) of “to end”)

Deriveds

unconcluded · concluder · concludable · inconcludability · concludible · reconclude · conclusible · misconclude

Relateds

conclusion · preclude · disclude · include · conclusive · occlude

Translations (93)

hi समापन (to end) · ca concloure (to end) · mi urupā (to end) · hu befejeződik (to end) · nl besluiten (to end) · mi whakakapi (to end) · ru зако́нчить (to end) · de beenden (to end) · no avslutte (to end) · sv avsluta (to end) · ru заверша́ть (to end) · it concludere (to end) · uk укладати (to come to a final decision) · de schließen (develop a causal relation) · sv komma fram till (to come to a final decision) · ca concloure (to come to a final decision) · da konkludere (to end) · sv sluta (to end) · hu lezár (to end) · th ปิดท้าย (to end) · uk завершувати (to end) · sw kwisha (to end) · tr bitirmek (to end) · fr conclure (to end) · sv konkludera (to come to a final decision) · gl concluír (to end) · fa نتیجه گرفتن (to come to a final decision) · ru заверши́ть (to end) · hu jut (to come to a final decision) · yi שליסן (to come to a final decision) · kix thūolòuh (to come to a final decision) · rm concluder (to end) · ang belūcan (to end) · mi porotuki (to end) · cy gorffen (to end) · de schlussfolgern (develop a causal relation) · sv sluta (to come to a final decision) · ja 結ぶ (to come to a final decision) · es concluir (to end) · it concludere (to come to a final decision) · gl concluír (to come to a final decision) · uk робити висновки (develop a causal relation) · fi viedä loppuun (to end) · no konkludere (to end) · de konkludieren (develop a causal relation) · es desembocar (to come to a final decision) · uk робити висновок (to end) · da slutte (to end) · it finire (to end) · bg свършвам (to end) · ko 결론을 내리다 (to come to a final decision) · hu befejez (to end) · pt concluir (to end) · hu vézgődik (to end) · no slutte (to end) · ro încheia (to end) · fi saattaa päätökseen (to end) · ja 終える (to end) · es concluir (to come to a final decision) · ro conchide (to end) · fi tulla johtopäätökseen (to come to a final decision) · hi निष्कर्ष (to come to a final decision) · de zu Ende führen (to end) · sv konkludera (to end) · de beschließen (to come to a final decision) · hu következtetésre jut (to come to a final decision) · ru заключи́ть (to come to a final decision) · pt concluir (to come to a final decision) · ja 締め括る (to end) · fi tehdä johtopäätös (to come to a final decision) · kix thūolòuh (to end) · ru заключа́ть (to come to a final decision) · de schließen (to end) · bg привършвам (to end) · de folgern (develop a causal relation) · ru зака́нчивать (to end) · cs dojít k závěru (to come to a final decision) · de abschließen (to end) · mi porotukituki (to end) · yi שליסן (to end) · io konkluzar (to end) · ht konkli (to end) · hu következtet (develop a causal relation) · eo konkludi (to end) · th สรุป (to come to a final decision) · da afslutte (to end) · ja 結論を出す (to come to a final decision) · fi päätellä (develop a causal relation) · nl concluderen (to end) · bg заключавам (to come to a final decision) · de entscheiden (to come to a final decision) · ro concluziona (to end) · eo konkludi (to come to a final decision)