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

conLatintogether

+clusLatinto shut

+ionLatinact 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.