concludes
Brings to close
Concludes means to bring something to an end or reach a final point.
A meeting concludes when it finishes; a speaker concludes with closing remarks.
To conclude also means to arrive at a judgment through reasoning: The jury concluded that he was guilty.
The film concludes with a twist ending.
Brings to an end
- terminatesBrings to an end
- closesBrings to an end
- completesBrings to an end
- wraps upFinishes or completes
ceases · halts · discontinues · finalizes · winds up · adjourns · expires · stops
Reaches by reasoning
- reasonsBases for conclusions
- surmisesInfers without certainty
- gathersAccumulates or collects
- determinesSettles or concludes
judges · decides · figures · ascertains · establishes · gleans · derives · works out
Comes to rest
- sealsAquatic whiskered mammals
- clinchesSettles conclusively
- closesBrings to an end
- ratifiesFormally approves agreement
confirms · agrees · signs · executes · consummates · cements · locks in · hammers out
Brief summaries of events
- sums upCondenses into essence
- wraps upFinishes or completes
- reviewsPublished critical assessments
- restatesExpresses again differently
encapsulates · synthesizes · condenses · distills · rounds out · ties together
finishes
Brings to an end
- terminatesBrings to an end
- closesBrings to an end
- completesBrings to an end
wraps up · ceases · halts · discontinues · finalizes · winds up · adjourns · expires · stops · ends
deduces
Reaches by reasoning
determines · judges · decides · figures · ascertains · establishes · gleans · derives · works out · comes to
settles
Comes to rest
ratifies · confirms · agrees · signs · executes · consummates · cements · locks in · hammers out · nails down
recaps
Brief summaries of events
restates · encapsulates · synthesizes · condenses · distills · rounds out · ties together
- mental actionsthinks, considers, understands, perceives, recognizes
- ending wordsfinishes, ends, completes, finalizes, closes
concludesbegins
Starts to happen
starts · commences · opens · initiates · introduces
concludescontinues
Proceeds without stopping
persists · proceeds · carries on · goes on · extends
concludesassumes
Accepts as true
presupposes · hypothesizes · postulates · premises · conjectures
- to concludeBring to an end
- concluding remarksFinal statements ending something