| conclusion | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. conclusion, decision, determination | 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" |
| ~ judgment, judgement, mind | an opinion formed by judging something.; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" |
| ~ predetermination | a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something.; "he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. conclusion | an intuitive assumption.; "jump to a conclusion" |
| ~ non sequitur | (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises. |
| ~ supposal, assumption, supposition | a hypothesis that is taken for granted.; "any society is built upon certain assumptions" |
| n. (time) | 3. close, conclusion, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point | 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" |
| ~ end, ending | the point in time at which something ends.; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" |
| n. (event) | 4. conclusion, ending, finish | 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" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ final stage, end, last | the concluding parts of an event or occurrence.; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" |
| ~ final result, outcome, resultant, result, termination | something that results.; "he listened for the results on the radio" |
| ~ foregone conclusion, matter of course | an inevitable ending. |
| ~ demolition, wipeout, destruction | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. |
| ~ omega, z | the ending of a series or sequence.; "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end" |
| ~ stop, halt | the event of something ending.; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill" |
| ~ triumph, victory | a successful ending of a struggle or contest.; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense" |
| ~ defeat, licking | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest.; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking" |
| n. (communication) | 5. conclusion, ratiocination | the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism). |
| ~ syllogism | deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises. |
| ~ proposition | (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false. |
| ~ major term | the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion. |
| ~ minor term | the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion. |
| n. (act) | 6. conclusion, ending, termination | the act of ending something.; "the termination of the agreement" |
| ~ abort | the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed.; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area" |
| ~ demonetisation, demonetization | ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country. |
| ~ change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics. |
| ~ tone ending, release | (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone. |
| ~ mop up, windup, completion, culmination, closing | a concluding action. |
| ~ retirement | withdrawal from your position or occupation. |
| ~ relinquishing, relinquishment | the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.. |
| ~ breakup, dissolution | the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations). |
| ~ overthrow | the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force). |
| ~ adjournment, dissolution | the termination of a meeting. |
| ~ dismission, sacking, liberation, dismissal, firing, release, discharge, sack | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart). |
| ~ destruction, devastation | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. |
| ~ kill, putting to death, killing | the act of terminating a life. |
| ~ abolishment, abolition | the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery).; "the abolition of capital punishment" |
| ~ liquidation, settlement | termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities. |
| ~ drug withdrawal, withdrawal | the termination of drug taking. |
| ~ closedown, shutdown, closing, closure | termination of operations.; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" |
| ~ extinguishing, quenching, extinction | the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning.; "the extinction of the lights" |
| ~ fade, disappearance | gradually ceasing to be visible. |
| ~ abortion | termination of pregnancy. |
| ~ defusing, deactivation | the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb). |
| ~ discontinuance, discontinuation | the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent). |
| n. (communication) | 7. conclusion | a final settlement.; "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty" |
| ~ settlement | a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it. |
| n. (communication) | 8. close, closing, conclusion, end, ending | the last section of a communication.; "in conclusion I want to say..." |
| ~ anticlimax, bathos | a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one. |
| ~ section, subdivision | a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical).; "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" |
| ~ epilog, epilogue | a short passage added at the end of a literary work.; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters" |
| ~ epilog, epilogue | a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play. |
| ~ peroration | (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration.; "he summarized his main points in his peroration" |
| ~ coda, finale | the closing section of a musical composition. |
| ~ recital, yarn, narration | the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events.; "his narration was hesitant" |
| ~ speech, address | the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience.; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" |
| n. (act) | 9. conclusion, decision, determination | the act of making up your mind about something.; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" |
| ~ selection, choice, option, pick | the act of choosing or selecting.; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" |
| ~ appointment, designation, naming, assignment | the act of putting a person into a non-elective position.; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" |
| ~ call | (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee.; "he was ejected for protesting the call" |
| ~ move | the act of deciding to do something.; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer" |
| ~ casting lots, drawing lots, sortition | making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn. |
| ~ resolution | a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner.; "he always wrote down his New Year's resolutions" |
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