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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 tonightʼs 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

climax, crown

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

bite the dust
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 worldʼs 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

agree

contract, covenant

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

renegotiate

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

decree, rule

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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