Conclusion - Definition

n 1: a position or opinion or judgment reached after
consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition";
"his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied
with the panel's determination" [syn: decision,
determination, conclusion]
2: an intuitive assumption; "jump to a conclusion"
3: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of
each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the
finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the
season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish,
last, conclusion, close]
4: event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the
ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast
it will be the finish of the show" [syn: ending,
conclusion, finish] [ant: beginning]
5: the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the
proposition that must follow from the major and minor
premises of a syllogism) [syn: conclusion, ratiocination]
6: the act of ending something; "the termination of the
agreement" [syn: termination, ending, conclusion]
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: conclusion, 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, conclusion]