conclusion
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,271 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,679 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration also: decision, determination a decision unfavorable to the oppositionhis conclusion took the evidence into account
- an intuitive assumption jump to a conclusion
- the temporal end; the concluding time also: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, close the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bellthe market was up at the finish
- event whose occurrence ends something also: ending, finish his death marked the ending of an erawhen these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show
- the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) also: ratiocination
- the act of ending something also: termination, ending the termination of the agreement
conclusion in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She quite beamed as she reached the happy conclusion.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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In conclusion, the deceased was held in but little esteem by her neighbours.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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A drumhead court martial was held on the spot, and the verdict was a foregone conclusion.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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The conclusion is that the poetical history of Charlemagne has only the faintest relations to the true history.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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And with this sapient, but unsatisfactory conclusion, he opened his book, and read aloud, to keep up his courage.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1