conclude

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 14.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To end; to come to an end.

   The story concluded with a moral.

2. verb To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
3. verb To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.

   to conclude a bargain

4. verb To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.

   From the evidence, I conclude that this man was murdered.

5. verb To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
6. verb To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar.

   The defendant is concluded by his own plea.

7. verb To shut up; to enclose.
8. verb To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.

Similar words

resolve reason reason out conclusion finish ended closure end finalize ending

Often followed by

that with the this from a by an our

Word family

concluded concluder concluders concludes concluding conclusion conclusions conclusive conclusively