Conclusion /(?)/
Con·clu·sion
Conclusion
n.
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The last part of anything; close; termination; end.
A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest.
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Final decision; determination; result.
And the conclusion is, she shall be thine.
- Any inference or result of reasoning.
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The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism. (Logic)
He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion.
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Drawing of inferences. [Poetic]
Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion.
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An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.]
We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating.
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The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, “against the peace,” etc. (Law)
Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the basket creep.
Phrases & Compounds
- Conclusion to the country
- the conclusion of a pleading by which a party “puts himself upon the country,” i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury.
- In conclusion
- Finally.
- To try conclusions
- to make a trial or an experiment.