conclusion
What reasoning yields
A conclusion is the end or final part of something—a speech, an essay, a negotiation.
It also means a judgment reached through reasoning: The detective arrived at a startling conclusion.
To jump to conclusions is to decide without sufficient evidence.
A foregone conclusion is an outcome that seems inevitable.
In formal contexts, to bring something to a conclusion is simply to finish it.
Concluding part of performance
- culminationHighest or final point
- finishBring to completion
- completionAct of finishing
- closeNearby or to shut
termination · windup · wrap-up · cessation · stoppage · expiration · adjournment · discontinuation
Conclusion from premises
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
- corollaryLogical natural consequence
induction · syllogism · implication · finding · derivation · logic · judgment · assessment
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
finding · decree · sentence · adjudication · opinion · pronouncement · award · settlement
Summarizing what came before
- summationAdding to find total
- wrap-upConcluding summary or review
- synopsisCondensed version of content
- overviewBroad general summary
closing remarks · final thoughts · takeaway · upshot · bottom line · gist · peroration · summing up
Formal decision or determination
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- finalityState of conclusive completion
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
settlement · healing · fulfillment · satisfaction · relief · completeness · catharsis · letting go
Resolved dispute or colony
- accordHarmony between parties
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- dealAgreement or distribution
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
pact · treaty · contract · understanding · concordat · entente · compact · terms
finale
Concluding part of performance
- culminationHighest or final point
- finishBring to completion
- completionAct of finishing
close · termination · windup · wrap-up · cessation · stoppage · expiration · adjournment · discontinuation · shutdown
deduction
Conclusion from premises
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
corollary · induction · syllogism · implication · finding · derivation · logic · judgment · assessment · analysis
verdict
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- determinationFirmness of purpose
resolution · finding · decree · sentence · adjudication · opinion · pronouncement · award · settlement · arbitration
recapitulation
Summarizing what came before
- summationAdding to find total
- wrap-upConcluding summary or review
- synopsisCondensed version of content
overview · closing remarks · final thoughts · takeaway · upshot · bottom line · gist · peroration · summing up · final word
resolution
Formal decision or determination
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- finalityState of conclusive completion
reconciliation · settlement · healing · fulfillment · satisfaction · relief · completeness · catharsis · letting go · moving on
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
- accordHarmony between parties
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- dealAgreement or distribution
arrangement · pact · treaty · contract · understanding · concordat · entente · compact · terms
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- science educationscience fair, science class, science teachers, science lab, science projects
- book partspage, pages, cover, index, chapter
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- consequencesconsequence, consequences, result, results, effect
- document partstitle, page, paragraph, sentence, chapter
conclusionbeginning
Initial stage of something
start · commencement · opening · inception · outset
conclusioncontinuation
Act of proceeding further
continuance · prolongation · persistence · extension · perpetuation
conclusionpremise
Foundation for logical argument
cause · antecedent · hypothesis · assumption · presupposition
- jump to conclusionsJudge before full understanding
- jumping to conclusionsForming judgments prematurely
- jumped to conclusionsFormed opinions prematurely
- in conclusionSignals the ending
- foregone conclusionsResults assumed beforehand
- drawing conclusionsForming judgments from evidence
conclusions, inconclusive, conclusive, conclusively, conclusiveness