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DictionaryRoot: claudere
Latin

claudere

close or shut

Forms

  • claudere
  • claus- — The form used for completed action.
  • -clud- — The vowel changed in Latin compounds.
  • -clus- — The corresponding changed completed-action form.

Origin

Related to Latin clavis, “key,” in an older Indo-European family associated with closing.

Note

Closing can suggest ending an argument, keeping something in, or keeping something out.

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noun

conclusion

kuhn-KLOO-zhuhn/kənˈkluːʒn/

The final point reached in a process.

The team brings the long investigation to a successful conclusion.

Adult reaches a considered judgment after examining three clear picture evidence cards and confidently selects the matching solution piece, no writing.
Etymology
conLatinwith, together; sometimes thoroughly
+clusLatinclose or shut
+ionLatinan action, process, or result

The pieces give an image of shutting together or enclosing, which developed into bringing something to an end. In reasoning, a conclusion is the judgment that closes an argument or examination.

In context

Wireless Philosophy6:34
Those premises guarantee the conclusion. In such an argument, where the premises guarantee the truth of the conclusion, we call the argument deductive.
CRITICAL THINKING - Fundamentals: Introduction to Critical Thinking [HD]

More examples

  • At the conclusion of the meeting, everyone leaves quietly.
  • The report's conclusion summarizes the main findings.
  • After reviewing the evidence, she reaches a different conclusion.

Forms

conclusion · conclusions

conclude verb — To finish something or reach a judgment.

conclusive adjective — Serving to settle a question decisively.

Similar words

ending
Ending names the final part, without implying a reasoned judgment.
completion
Completion emphasizes finishing every required part of a task.
judgment
Judgment emphasizes an assessment rather than the ending of something.