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CONCLUSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of making up your mind about something
Example:
he drew his conclusions quickly
Synonyms:
conclusion; decision; determination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):
choice; option; pick; selection (the act of choosing or selecting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conclusion"):
appointment; assignment; designation; naming (the act of putting a person into a non-elective position)
call ((sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee)
move (the act of deciding to do something)
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)
Derivation:
conclude (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)
conclude (reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of ending something
Example:
the termination of the agreement
Synonyms:
conclusion; ending; termination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):
change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conclusion"):
discontinuance; discontinuation (the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent))
deactivation; defusing (the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb))
abortion (termination of pregnancy)
disappearance; fade (gradually ceasing to be visible)
extinction; extinguishing; quenching (the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning)
closedown; closing; closure; shutdown (termination of operations)
drug withdrawal; withdrawal (the termination of drug taking)
liquidation; settlement (termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities)
abolishment; abolition (the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery))
kill; killing; putting to death (the act of terminating a life)
destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)
discharge; dismissal; dismission; firing; liberation; release; sack; sacking (the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart))
adjournment; dissolution (the termination of a meeting)
overthrow (the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force))
breakup; dissolution (the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations))
relinquishing; relinquishment (the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.)
retirement (withdrawal from your position or occupation)
closing; completion; culmination; mop up; windup (a concluding action)
release; tone ending ((music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone)
demonetisation; demonetization (ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country)
abort (the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed)
Derivation:
conclude (bring to a close)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An intuitive assumption
Example:
jump to a conclusion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):
assumption; supposal; supposition (a hypothesis that is taken for granted)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conclusion"):
non sequitur ((logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Example:
satisfied with the panel's determination
Synonyms:
conclusion; decision; determination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):
judgement; judgment; mind (an opinion formed by judging something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conclusion"):
predetermination (a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The last section of a communication
Example:
in conclusion I want to say...
Synonyms:
close; closing; conclusion; end; ending
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):
section; subdivision (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conclusion"):
coda; finale (the closing section of a musical composition)
peroration ((rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration)
epilog; epilogue (a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play)
epilog; epilogue (a short passage added at the end of a literary work)
anticlimax; bathos (a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one)
Holonyms ("conclusion" is a part of...):
narration; recital; yarn (the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events)
address; speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
Synonyms:
conclusion; ratiocination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):
proposition ((logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false)
Meronyms (parts of "conclusion"):
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)
Holonyms ("conclusion" is a part of...):
syllogism (deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A final settlement
Example:
the conclusion of the peace treaty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):
settlement (a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Event whose occurrence ends something
Example:
when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show
Synonyms:
conclusion; ending; finish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conclusion"):
end; last (the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence)
final result; outcome; result; resultant; termination (something that results)
foregone conclusion; matter of course (an inevitable ending)
demolition; destruction; wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)
omega; Z (the ending of a series or sequence)
halt; stop (the event of something ending)
triumph; victory (a successful ending of a struggle or contest)
defeat; licking (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)
Sense 9
Meaning:
The temporal end; the concluding time
Example:
they were playing better at the close of the season
Synonyms:
close; conclusion; finale; finis; finish; last; stopping point
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("conclusion" is a kind of...):
end; ending (the point in time at which something ends)
Context examples:
To reach their conclusions, researchers built a model to replicate conditions on Titan.
('Electric Sands' Cover Titan, VOA News)
A characterization of the relationship of an medical history conclusion point in time to a reference point in time.
(Medical History End Relative to Reference Period, NCI Thesaurus)
A point in time that indicates the conclusion of a medical history event.
(Medical History End Timepoint, NCI Thesaurus)
Not yet decided or settled; awaiting conclusion or confirmation.
(Pending, NCI Thesaurus)
A special purpose domain and reference dataset that associates observed genetic mutations with medical conclusions (e.g. disease diagnosis, drug resistance).
(Pharmacogenomics Biomarker Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
Terminology that represents conclusions of an evaluation used by the CDRH with respect to reporting Medical Device events.
(Medical Device Evaluation Conclusions Terminology FDA CDRH, NCI Thesaurus)
The process by which conclusions are derived from stated facts by the application of logical rules.
(Inference, NCI Thesaurus)
A point in time that indicates the conclusion of concomitant medication usage.
(Concomitant Medication End Timepoint, NCI Thesaurus)
A characterization of the relationship of an concomitant medication use conclusion point in time to a reference point in time.
(Concomitant Medication Use End Relative to Reference Period, NCI Thesaurus)
A collection or single item of factual information, derived from measurement or research, from which conclusions may be drawn.
(Data, NCI Thesaurus)
