verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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9
verb
Meaning 9
to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract