concluding
Bringing to close
Concluding describes something that comes at the end or brings something to a close.
A concluding remark wraps up a speech; a concluding chapter finishes a book.
The word functions as the present participle of conclude, so it can also describe the act of finishing in progress: We are concluding our investigation.
When someone is concluding, they are in the process of reaching an end or forming a final judgment.
Concluding part of performance
- finalLast and decisive
- terminatingBringing to an end
- culminatingReaching the highest point
- wrapping upCompleting a task
closing · finishing · winding down · ending · ceasing · stopping · halting · discontinuing
Inscribing one's name
- sealingMaking impermeable
- ratifyingFormally validating an agreement
- executingCarrying out a task
- enactingMaking into law
validating · formalizing · confirming · endorsing · certifying · authenticating · sanctioning · codifying
Restating key points briefly
- reviewingExamining something again
- summing upCondensing key points
- synthesizingCombining elements into unity
- distillingPurifying through vaporization
condensing · encapsulating · outlining · restating · paraphrasing · reprising · roundup · overview
Concluding from evidence
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- determiningEstablishing with certainty
- judgingForming an opinion
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
surmising · deriving · extrapolating · inferring · figuring · reckoning · assessing · finding
Reaching resolution or rest
- determiningEstablishing with certainty
- decidingMaking a choice
- adjudicatingFormally deciding disputes
- arbitratingFormally resolving a dispute
coming to terms · reconciling · verdict · judgment · settlement · compromise · accord · consensus
finale
Concluding part of performance
- finalLast and decisive
- terminatingBringing to an end
- culminatingReaching the highest point
wrapping up · closing · finishing · winding down · ending · ceasing · stopping · halting · discontinuing · expiring
signing
Inscribing one's name
enacting · validating · formalizing · confirming · endorsing · certifying · authenticating · sanctioning · codifying · consolidating
recapping
Restating key points briefly
- reviewingExamining something again
- summing upCondensing key points
- synthesizingCombining elements into unity
distilling · condensing · encapsulating · outlining · restating · paraphrasing · reprising · roundup · overview · synopsis
deducing
Concluding from evidence
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- determiningEstablishing with certainty
- judgingForming an opinion
gathering · surmising · deriving · extrapolating · inferring · figuring · reckoning · assessing · finding · drawing conclusions
settling
Reaching resolution or rest
- determiningEstablishing with certainty
- decidingMaking a choice
- adjudicatingFormally deciding disputes
arbitrating · coming to terms · reconciling · verdict · judgment · settlement · compromise · accord · consensus · determination
- mental processesthinking, think, reasoning, cognition, pondering
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- Determiningdeciding, choosing, judging, resolving, settling
- settlingpaying, agreeing, resolving, finalizing, closing
- finishingcompleting, finalizing, finishing, done, finished
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
concludingpreliminary
Before the main part
preparatory · commencing · initiating · beginning · introductory
- concluding remarksFinal statements ending something
conclude, conclusion, exclude, exclusive, inclusive, concluded, inclusion, exclusion, preclude