conclusion

n 1: a position or opinion or judgment reached after

consideration: "a decision unfavorable to the

opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into

accout"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"

[syn: {decision}, {determination}]

2: an intuitive assumption; "jump to a conclusion"

3: the concluding time; "he awaited the grand finale"; "he

stayed until the finish"; "he left before the conclusion"

[syn: {stopping point}, {finale}, {finis}, {finish}, {last},

{terminus}, {close}]

4: an event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked

the ending of an era" [syn: {ending}] [ant: {beginning}]

5: the proposition that must follow from the major and minor

premises of a syllogism

6: the act of ending something; "the termination of the

agreement" [syn: {termination}, {ending}]

7: a final settlement; "the conclusion of a business deal";

"the conclusion of the peace treaty"

8: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want

to say..." [syn: {end}, {close}, {closing}, {ending}]

9: the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden

of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"

[syn: {decision}, {determination}]