Origin: Latin suffix -sion
Conclusion has 10 different meanings across 1 category:
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
"a decision unfavorable to the opposition"
"his conclusion took the evidence into account"
"satisfied with the panel's determination"
the temporal end; the concluding time
"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"
event whose occurrence ends something
"his death marked the ending of an era"
"when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"
the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
"The detective's conclusion that the butler was the culprit followed inevitably from his two established facts."
a final settlement
"the conclusion of a business deal"
"the conclusion of the peace treaty"
the last section of a communication
"in conclusion I want to say..."
the act of making up your mind about something
"the burden of decision was his"
"he drew his conclusions quickly"
The end, finish, close or last part of something.
"After listening to all the arguments during the debate, I waited for the conclusion before forming my final opinion."
In plain English: A conclusion is the final answer you reach after thinking about all the information you have.
"The conclusion of the meeting was announced after everyone had finished speaking."
Usage: Use "conclusion" to refer to the final segment of an event, discussion, or written work where things wrap up. Do not use it to mean the logical result or inference drawn from evidence; that specific sense requires the context of reasoning or argumentation.
The word "conclusion" entered English via Middle French and Latin, originally referring to the act of shutting or closing something up. Its root traces back to a Proto-Indo-European term meaning "key," which evolved into the modern sense of bringing an argument or event to a close.