conclusions
Where reasoning leads
Conclusions are judgments or decisions reached through reasoning.
After weighing evidence, you draw a conclusion or reach a conclusion.
A conclusion is also the end or final part of something—the conclusion of a speech, a novel's conclusion.
To jump to conclusions is to decide without sufficient evidence.
In conclusion signals a summary or final remarks.
Concluding part of performance
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- completionAct of finishing
- wrap-upConcluding summary or review
epilogue · coda · climax · capstone · termination · cessation · adjournment · last chapter
Conclusion from premises
- inductionFormal admission process
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- analysisMethodical study of parts
premise · hypothesis · assumption · extrapolation · interpretation · syllogism · implication · conjecture
What follows a cause
- consequenceResult of an action
- effectResult of a cause
- upshotFinal outcome
- aftermathResults following an event
corollary · ramification · repercussion · fallout · aftereffect · endpoint · resolution · sequel
Official court decision
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- opinionSubjective personal belief
appraisal · finding · ruling · decision · deliberation · discernment · consideration · perspective
finale
Concluding part of performance
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- completionAct of finishing
wrap-up · epilogue · coda · climax · capstone · termination · cessation · adjournment · last chapter · endgame
deduction
Conclusion from premises
- inductionFormal admission process
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- logicScience of valid reasoning
analysis · premise · hypothesis · assumption · extrapolation · interpretation · syllogism · implication · conjecture · speculation
result
What follows a cause
- consequenceResult of an action
- effectResult of a cause
- upshotFinal outcome
aftermath · corollary · ramification · repercussion · fallout · aftereffect · endpoint · resolution · sequel · culmination
verdict
Official court decision
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- determinationFirmness of purpose
opinion · appraisal · finding · ruling · decision · deliberation · discernment · consideration · perspective · critique
synopsis
Condensed version of content
- abstractCondensed version of text
- overviewBroad general summary
- recapitulationSummarizing what came before
digest · précis · outline · synthesis · summation · wrap-up · distillation · essence · takeaway · final thoughts
- experimentsexperiment, experiments, test, tests, trials
- insightsinsights, lessons, realizations, discoveries, epiphanies
- philosophy termstruth, reason, knowledge, wisdom, logic
- scientific methodexperiment, theory, data, hypothesis, observation
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
- lab notebooksentries, observations, procedures, raw data, data tables
conclusionsbeginnings
Initial stages of something
starts · openings · introductions · commencements · launches
conclusionspremises
Property with buildings
assumptions · axioms · postulates · presuppositions · hypotheses
conclusionsquestions
Requests for information
uncertainties · doubts · inconclusiveness · indecision · speculation
- 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