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CONCLUDE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

Example:

We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house

Synonyms:

conclude; reason; reason out

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "conclude" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conclude"):

induce (reason or establish by induction)

deduce; deduct; derive; infer (reason by deduction; establish by deduction)

syllogise; syllogize (reason by syllogisms)

feel; find (come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds)

deduce; infer (conclude by reasoning; in logic)

gather (conclude from evidence)

extrapolate; generalise; generalize; infer (draw from specific cases for more general cases)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They conclude that there was a traffic accident

Derivation:

conclusion (the act of making up your mind about something)

conclusive (forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring to a close

Example:

The committee concluded the meeting

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "conclude" is one way to...):

end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conclude"):

perorate (conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

conclusion (the act of ending something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

Synonyms:

conclude; resolve

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "conclude" is one way to...):

agree; concord; concur; hold (be in accord; be in agreement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conclude"):

determine; settle; square off; square up (settle conclusively; come to terms)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

conclusion (the act of making up your mind about something)

conclusive (forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Reach agreement on

Example:

We concluded a cease-fire

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "conclude" is one way to...):

agree (achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Come to a close

Example:

The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin

Synonyms:

close; conclude

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "conclude" is one way to...):

cease; end; finish; stop; terminate (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

The day of the week an exposure concluded.

(Exposure End Day, NCI Thesaurus)

The date and time a laboratory test has concluded.

(Laboratory Test End Date Time, NCI Thesaurus)

A qualifier used to describe the workflow progression of a laboratory observation outcome in terms of being finished, concluded, interpreted as preliminary, needed to be repeated, etc.

(Laboratory Test Result Status, NCI Thesaurus)

A period in a clinical study during which information about the health status of an individual is obtained long after study procedures and treatments have concluded.

(Longterm Follow-up, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The date and time an exposure has concluded.

(Exposure End Date Time, NCI Thesaurus)

The date on which an experiment concludes.

(Experiment End Date, NCI Thesaurus)

A term used to describe the workflow progression of a document or the state of the project or activity in terms of being finished, concluded, or made whole.

(Completion Status, NCI Thesaurus)

The date and time a concomitant medication usage has concluded.

(Concomitant Medication Use End Date Time, NCI Thesaurus)

The date and time at which the dosing interval concludes.

(End Date Time Of Dose Interval, NCI Thesaurus)

The date and time a medical history event has concluded.

(Medical History Event End Date Time, NCI Thesaurus)