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conclude

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of conclude

1 to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point

a brief reminder of tonight's game concluded the announcements

Synonyms of conclude

close, close out, complete, end, finish, round (off or out), terminate, wind up, wrap up

Words Related to conclude

consummate, perfect

halt, stop, suspend

Phrases Synonymous with conclude

put paid to [chiefly British], ring down the curtain (on)

Antonyms of conclude

begin, commence, inaugurate, open, start

2 to come to an end

the concert concluded late in the evening

Synonyms of conclude

break off, break up, cease, close, dead-end, determine, die, discontinue, elapse, end, expire, finish, go, halt, lapse, leave off, let up, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up, wink (out)

Words Related to conclude

desist (from), lay off (of), refrain (from)

give over [British], knock off, pack (up or in)

break down, conk (out), cut out, stall

pause, stay, suspend

abate, peter (out), wind down

Phrases Synonymous with conclude

Near Antonyms of conclude

draw out, extend, prolong, protract

Antonyms of conclude

continue, hang on, persist

3 to bring about through discussion and compromise

concluded an economic agreement among the world's leading industrial nations

Synonyms of conclude

arrange, bargain, concert, negotiate

Words Related to conclude

settle (on or upon)

chaffer, deal, dicker, haggle, horse-trade, palter

contract, covenant

argue, debate, discuss, hammer out, hash (over), reason, talk, talk over, work out

4 to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration

he concluded that the reprimand could wait until later

Synonyms of conclude

choose, decide, determine, figure, name, opt, resolve, settle (on or upon)

Words Related to conclude

cull, elect, handpick, pick, prefer, select, single (out)

adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, find, judge, referee, rule (on), umpire

chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, meditate, mull (over), ponder, question, ruminate, study, think (about or over), weigh

Near Antonyms of conclude

abstain, decline, refuse, reject, turn down

delay, halt, hesitate, stall, temporize

shilly-shally, vacillate, waffle, waver

5 to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information

concluded that only the murderer could possibly have known that information

Synonyms of conclude

decide, deduce, derive, extrapolate, gather, infer, judge, make out, reason, understand

Words Related to conclude

assume, suppose

conjecture, guess, speculate, surmise

construe, interpret, read

contemplate, philosophize, rationalize, think

ascertain, dope (out), find out

Phrases Synonymous with conclude

draw a conclusion

Synonym Discussion of conclude

close, end, conclude, finish, complete, terminate mean to bring or come to a stopping point or limit. close usually implies that something has been in some way open as well as unfinished.

- close a debate

end conveys a strong sense of finality.

- ended his life

conclude may imply a formal closing (as of a meeting).

- the service concluded with a blessing

finish may stress completion of a final step in a process.

- after it is painted, the house will be finished

complete implies the removal of all deficiencies or a successful finishing of what has been undertaken.

- the resolving of this last issue completes the agreement

terminate implies the setting of a limit in time or space.

- your employment terminates after three months

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