concluded

Came to end

Concluded means brought to an end or finished.

A meeting concludes when business is done; a trial concludes with a verdict.

To conclude is also to arrive at a judgment through reasoning: She concluded that he was lying.

The concert concluded with an encore.

As an adjective, concluded describes something that has ended: the concluded negotiations.

ended

finished

Brought to an end

ended · finalized · closed · ceased · over · done · accomplished · settled · wrapped up · wound up

stated

remarked

Said in passing

announced · asserted · pronounced · noted · observed · commented · added · continued · finished · summed up

agreement

negotiated

Reached terms through discussion

ratified · settled · agreed · struck · reached · closed · brokered · formalized · executed · completed

inferred

deduced

Reached by reasoning

surmised · judged · decided · gathered · figured · reckoned · assumed · interpreted · deemed · established

verdict

ruled

Exercised sovereign authority

determined · found · pronounced · handed down · rendered · delivered · judged · settled · resolved · arbitrated

Categories
Opposites
completion status

concludedongoing

In progress now

unfinished · continuing · in progress · incomplete · unconcluded

temporal sequence

concludedbegan

Initiated an action

commenced · started · initiated · introduced · opened

Phrases
Family

conclude, concluding, concludes

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