noun · 17 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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Pronunciation
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/kənˈkluːʒən/
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rhymes with -uːʒən
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The end, finish, close or last part of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Narrower terms: end, last, final stage, result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination, foregone conclusion, matter of course, destruction, demolition, wipeout, omega, Z, stop, halt, victory, triumph, defeat, licking
17
noun
Meaning 17
the temporal end; the concluding time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, close
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: end, ending
History
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French conclusion, from Latin conclūsiō, from the past participle stem of conclūdere (“to conclude”), from con- + claudō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh2u- (“key, hook, nail”). By surface analysis, conclude + -sion.
Across languages
Translations
178 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
եզրակացություն
(ezrakacʻutʻyun)
— end, final part
Bulgarian:
край
(kraj)
— end, final part
Bulgarian:
завъ́ршване
(zavǎ́ršvane)
— end, final part
Bulgarian:
приклю́чване
(prikljúčvane)
— end, final part
Catalan:
conclusió
— end, final part
Chinese Mandarin:
結束 /结束
(jiéshù)
— end, final part
Danish:
konklusion
— end, final part
Danish:
afslutning
— end, final part
Dutch:
conclusie
— end, final part
Dutch:
einde
— end, final part
Esperanto:
konkludo
— end, final part
Finnish:
päätös
— end, final part
Finnish:
lopetus
— end, final part
Finnish:
päätösosa
— end, final part
French:
conclusion
— end, final part
French:
fin
— end, final part
Galician:
conclusión
— end, final part
German:
Schluss
— end, final part
German:
Ende
— end, final part
Greek:
κατάληξη
(katálixi)
— end, final part
Greek:
λήξη
(líxi)
— end, final part
Greek:
πέρας
(péras)
— end, final part
Ancient Greek:
καταστροφή
(katastrophḗ)
— end, final part
Hindi:
अंतिम
(antim)
— end, final part
Indonesian:
kesimpulan
— end, final part
Indonesian:
konklusi
— end, final part
Indonesian:
simpulan
— end, final part
Italian:
conclusione
— end, final part
Japanese:
終わり
(owari)
— end, final part
Japanese:
結び
(musubi)
— end, final part
Japanese:
終結
(shūketsu)
— end, final part
Japanese:
終了
(shūryō)
— end, final part
Korean:
종결
(jonggyeol)
— end, final part
Central Kurdish:
کۆتایی
(kotayî)
— end, final part
Lao:
ສະຫຼຸບ
(sa lup)
— end, final part
Latin:
clausula
— end, final part
Macedonian:
заклучок
(zaklučok)
— end, final part
Malay:
kesimpulan
— end, final part
Malay:
konlusi
— end, final part
Māori:
whakamutunga
— end, final part
Māori:
kupu whakatepe
— end, final part
Māori:
porotutukitanga
— end, final part
Norwegian Bokmål:
avslutning
— end, final part
Norwegian Nynorsk:
avslutning
— end, final part
Occitan:
conclusion
— end, final part
Portuguese:
conclusão
— end, final part
Romanian:
concluzie
— end, final part
Russian:
оконча́ние
(okončánije)
— end, final part
Russian:
заверше́ние
(zaveršénije)
— end, final part