conclude

verb

(transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.

(transitive) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.

(transitive) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.

(intransitive) To end; to come to an end.

(logic) to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)

(often passive voice) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar.

(obsolete) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.

(obsolete) To shut up; to enclose.

(obsolete) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.

Roots

claudoclud- · Latin · close, shut

Synonyms for conclude

resolvev endedadj finishv terminatev inferv finalizev deducev closev culminatev surmisev presurmisev presupposev presumev completedadj

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Where does conclude come from?

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