English Explanatory Dictionary

conclude

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To end; to come to an end.
  2. To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
  3. To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
  4. To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
  5. To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
  6. To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar.
  7. To shut up; to enclose.
  8. To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.
  9. to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)

Pronunciation

/kənˈkluːd/ En-us-conclude.ogg

Word forms

conclude concludes concluding concluded

Etymology

From Middle English concluden, borrowed from Latin conclūdere (“to shut up, close, end”).

Antonyms

begin initiate start commence

Related words

conclusion conclusive disclude include occlude preclude

Derived words

concludable concluder concludible conclusible misconclude reconclude unconcluded
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