NOUN | cognition | conclusion, decision, determination | a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration |
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cognition | conclusion | an intuitive assumption | |
time | conclusion, stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, close | the temporal end | |
event | conclusion, ending, finish | event whose occurrence ends something | |
communication | conclusion, ratiocination | the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) | |
act | conclusion, termination, ending | the act of ending something | |
communication | conclusion | a final / final / final settlement | |
communication | conclusion, end, close, closing, ending | the last section of a communication | |
act | conclusion, decision, determination | the act of making up your mind about something |
Sounds | kahnkluw'zhahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration. | |
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Example | "his conclusion took the evidence into account" | |
Synonyms | decision, determination | |
Narrower | predetermination | A mental determination or resolve in advance |
Broader | judgment, judgement, mind | An opinion formed by judging something |
Spanish | conclusión, decisión, determinación, resolución |
Meaning | An intuitive assumption. | |
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Example | "jump to a conclusion" | |
Narrower | non sequitur | (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises |
Broader | assumption, supposition, supposal | A hypothesis that is taken for granted |
Spanish | conclusión | |
Catalan | conclusió |
Meaning | The temporal end; the concluding time. | |
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Synonyms | stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, close | |
Broader | end, ending | The point in time at which something ends |
Spanish | cierre, conclusión, final, finis, fin, meta, terminación, término | |
Catalan | conclusió, fi, final, finis, meta, terme |
Meaning | event whose occurrence ends something. | |
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Synonyms | ending, finish | |
Narrower | defeat, licking | An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest / contest |
destruction, demolition, wipeout | An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something | |
end, last | The concluding parts of an event or occurrence | |
foregone conclusion, matter of course | An inevitable ending | |
omega, Z | The ending of a series or sequence | |
result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination | Something that results | |
stop, halt | The event of something ending | |
victory, triumph | A successful ending of a struggle or contest / contest | |
Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
Opposite | beginning | The event consisting of the start of something |
Spanish | conclusión, finalización, final, llegada, terminación | |
Catalan | arribada, cloenda, conclusió, finalització, final |
Meaning | The proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism). | |
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Synonym | ratiocination | |
Part of | syllogism | deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises |
Parts | major term | The term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion |
minor term | The term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion | |
Broader | proposition | (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false |
Spanish | conclusión | |
Catalan | conclusió |
Meaning | A final / final / final settlement. | |
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Examples |
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Broader | settlement | A conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it |
Spanish | conclusión, culminación, término |
Meaning | The last section of a communication. | |
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Example | "in conclusion I want to say..." | |
Synonyms | end, close, closing, ending | |
Part of | address, speech | The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience |
narration, recital, yarn | The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events | |
Narrower | anticlimax, bathos | A change from a serious subject / subject to a disappointing one |
epilogue, epilog | A short / short passage added at the end of a literary work | |
epilogue, epilog | A short / short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play | |
finale, coda | The closing section of a musical composition | |
peroration | (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration | |
Broader | section, subdivision | A self-contained part of a larger / larger composition / composition (written or musical) |
Spanish | cierre, conclusión, finalización, final, terminación | |
Catalan | cloenda, conclusió, tancament |
Meaning | The act of making up your mind about something. | |
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Example | "he drew his conclusions quickly" | |
Synonyms | decision, determination | |
Narrower | appointment, assignment, designation, naming | The act of putting a person into a non-elective position |
call | (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee | |
casting lots, drawing lots, sortition | making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn | |
move | The act of deciding to do something | |
resolution | A decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner | |
Broader | choice, selection, option, pick | The act of choosing or selecting |
Spanish | decisión, determinación, resolución | |
Catalan | decisió, determinació, resolució | |
Verbs | conclude | decide by reasoning |
conclude | reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation |
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