conclude
[ kuh n-klood ]
/ kənˈklud /
verb (used with object), con·clud·ed, con·clud·ing.
verb (used without object), con·clud·ed, con·clud·ing.
to come to an end; finish: The meeting concluded at ten o'clock.
to arrive at an opinion or judgment; come to a decision; decide: The jury concluded to set the accused free.
Origin of conclude
OTHER WORDS FROM conclude
Words nearby conclude
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British Dictionary definitions for concluding
conclude
/ (kənˈkluːd) /
verb (mainly tr)
(also intr)
to come or cause to come to an end or conclusion
(takes a clause as object)
to decide by reasoning; deduce
the judge concluded that the witness had told the truth
to arrange finally; settle
to conclude a treaty; it was concluded that he should go
obsolete
to confine
Derived forms of conclude
concluder, nounWord Origin for conclude
C14: from Latin
conclūdere to enclose, end, from
claudere to close