Conclusion | Mean of conclusion in English Dictionary

/kənˈkluːʒən/

• Noun
• a final decision or judgment
1. What is your conclusion? [=what do you conclude?]
2. The evidence does not support the report's conclusions.
3. The evidence points/leads to the inescapable conclusion that she was negligent.
4. The logical/obvious conclusion is that she was negligent.
5. What led/brought you to that conclusion?
6. After thinking about it, we came to the conclusion [=we decided] that we shouldn't go.
7. Scientists haven't yet reached a conclusion [=made a judgment/decision] on/about the causes of this illness.
8. They haven't yet arrived at a conclusion.
9. Is it possible to draw conclusions [=make judgments] from this evidence?
10. The evidence suggests that he's to blame, but let's be careful not to jump to conclusions. He may have a good explanation for what happened.
11. We should hear his explanation before we jump to the conclusion that he's to blame.
• the last part of something
1. Many people were upset at the conclusion of the meeting. [=when the meeting concluded/ended]
2. a satisfactory conclusion to the negotiations
3. The conclusion of her speech contained some surprising news.
4. The strike has finally reached its conclusion. [=has finally ended]
5. At this point, his victory seems to be a foregone conclusion. [=his victory seems certain; there seems to be no doubt that he will win]
• the act of concluding or finishing something or the state of being finished
1. We had hoped for a quick conclusion of/to the war. [=had hoped that the war would end quickly]
2. The case was finally brought to a conclusion [=was finally concluded] last week.
3. the conclusion of a business deal
4. The case was finally brought to conclusion last week.