conclude

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To end; to come to an end.
2. (transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
3. (transitive) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
4. (transitive) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
5. (obsolete) 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. (obsolete) To shut up; to enclose.
8. (obsolete) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.
9. to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)

Synonyms

finish

end

🔚

complete

terminate

decide

infer

close

make a decision

resolve

stop

🛑

settle

determine

deduce

cease

rule

gather

summarize

end up

sum up

accomplish

reason

abate

bring to an end

contract

finalize

dispatch

come to an end

abstract

induce

quit

make a summary

finnish

expedite

brief

conjecture

guess

discontinue

wind up

quell

prorogue

lift

kill

🔪🩸👤

perfect

halt

judge

🧑‍⚖️

practical

find

🔍

carry out

culminate

agree

Translations

concluir

concludere

conclure

beenden

terminar

finire

terminare

🔚

schließen

abschließen

🔚

acabar

terminer

🔚

besluiten

finir

terminar

folgern

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kən.ˈkluːd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: concluden

In summary

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