Standard Lemma guide

conclude

verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /kənˈkluːd/
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  • rhymes with -uːd
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N K L UW1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To end; to come to an end.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The story concluded with a moral.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To bring to an end; to close; to finish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to conclude a bargain

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • From the evidence, I conclude that this man was murdered.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: often passive voice

Examples

  • The defendant is concluded by his own plea.
  • A judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To shut up; to enclose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reason, reason out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: think, cogitate, cerebrate

Narrower terms: induce, deduce, infer, deduct, derive, syllogize, syllogise, find, feel, gather, generalize, generalise, extrapolate

11

verb

Meaning 11

bring to a close

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The committee concluded the meeting

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: end, terminate

Narrower terms: perorate

12

verb

Meaning 12

reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: resolve

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agree, hold, concur, concord

Narrower terms: settle, square off, square up, determine

13

verb

Meaning 13

reach agreement on

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • They concluded an economic agreement
  • We concluded a cease-fire

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agree

14

verb

Meaning 14

come to a close

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: close

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

History

Etymology

From Middle English concluden, borrowed from Latin conclūdere (“to shut up, close, end”).

Across languages

Translations

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: свършвам (svǎršvam) — to end
  • Bulgarian: привършвам (privǎršvam) — to end
  • Catalan: concloure — to end
  • Danish: slutte — to end
  • Danish: afslutte — to end
  • Danish: konkludere — to end
  • Dutch: besluiten — to end
  • Dutch: concluderen — to end
  • Esperanto: konkludi — to end
  • Finnish: saattaa päätökseen — to end
  • Finnish: viedä loppuun — to end
  • French: conclure — to end
  • Galician: concluír — to end
  • German: beenden — to end
  • German: schließen — to end
  • German: zu Ende führen — to end
  • German: abschließen — to end
  • Haitian Creole: konkli — to end
  • Hindi: समापन (samāpan) — to end
  • Hungarian: befejez — to end
  • Hungarian: lezár — to end
  • Hungarian: vézgődik — to end
  • Hungarian: befejeződik — to end
  • Ido: konkluzar — to end
  • Italian: finire — to end
  • Italian: concludere — to end
  • Japanese: 終える (oeru) — to end
  • Japanese: 締め括る (shimekukuru) — to end
  • Māori: whakakapi — to end
  • Māori: urupā — to end
  • Māori: porotuki — to end
  • Māori: porotukituki — to end
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thūolòuh — to end
  • Norwegian: slutte — to end
  • Norwegian: avslutte — to end
  • Norwegian: konkludere — to end
  • Old English: belūcan — to end
  • Portuguese: concluir — to end
  • Romanian: conchide — to end
  • Romanian: încheia — to end
  • Romanian: concluziona — to end
  • Romansh: concluder — to end
  • Russian: заверша́ть (zaveršátʹ) — to end
  • Russian: заверши́ть (zaveršítʹ) — to end
  • Russian: зака́нчивать (zakánčivatʹ) — to end
  • Russian: зако́нчить (zakónčitʹ) — to end
  • Spanish: concluir — to end
  • Swahili: kwisha — to end
  • Swedish: sluta — to end
  • Swedish: avsluta — to end
  • Swedish: konkludera — to end
  • Thai: ปิดท้าย — to end
  • Turkish: bitirmek — to end
  • Ukrainian: завершувати (zaveršuvaty) — to end
  • Ukrainian: робити висновок (robyty vysnovok) — to end
  • Welsh: gorffen — to end
  • Yiddish: שליסן (shlisn) — to end
  • Bulgarian: заключавам (zaključavam) — to come to a final decision
  • Catalan: concloure — to come to a final decision
  • Czech: dojít k závěru — to come to a final decision
  • Esperanto: konkludi — to come to a final decision
  • Finnish: tulla johtopäätökseen — to come to a final decision
  • Finnish: tehdä johtopäätös — to come to a final decision
  • Galician: concluír — to come to a final decision
  • German: entscheiden — to come to a final decision
  • German: beschließen — to come to a final decision
  • Hindi: निष्कर्ष (niṣkarṣ) — to come to a final decision
  • Hungarian: jut — to come to a final decision
  • Hungarian: következtetésre jut — to come to a final decision
  • Italian: concludere — to come to a final decision
  • Japanese: 結ぶ (musubu) — to come to a final decision
  • Japanese: 結論を出す (ketsuron wo dasu) — to come to a final decision
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thūolòuh — to come to a final decision
  • Persian: نتیجه گرفتن (natije gereftan) — to come to a final decision
  • Portuguese: concluir — to come to a final decision
  • Russian: заключа́ть (zaključátʹ) — to come to a final decision
  • Russian: заключи́ть (zaključítʹ) — to come to a final decision
  • Spanish: concluir — to come to a final decision
  • Spanish: desembocar — to come to a final decision
  • Swedish: komma fram till — to come to a final decision
  • Swedish: sluta — to come to a final decision
  • Swedish: konkludera — to come to a final decision
  • Thai: สรุป (sà-rùp) — to come to a final decision
  • Ukrainian: укладати (ukladaty) — to come to a final decision
  • Yiddish: שליסן (shlisn) — to come to a final decision
  • Finnish: päätellä — develop a causal relation
  • German: schließen — develop a causal relation
  • German: folgern — develop a causal relation
  • German: schlussfolgern — develop a causal relation
  • German: konkludieren — develop a causal relation
  • Hungarian: következtet — develop a causal relation
  • Ukrainian: робити висновки (robyty vysnovky) — develop a causal relation
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