CONCLUDES Synonyms: 158 Similar and Opposite Words

concludes

verb

present tense third-person singular of conclude

as in ends

to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point a brief reminder of tonight's game concluded the announcements

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Relevance

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as in stops

to come to an end the concert concluded late in the evening

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as in arranges

to bring about through discussion and compromise concluded an economic agreement among the world's leading industrial nations

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as in chooses

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration he concluded that the reprimand could wait until later

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as in derives

to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information concluded that only the murderer could possibly have known that information

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Recent Examples of concludes Some questions may be adapted into full columns, and transcripts of the chats remain available after each session concludes. —

Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2026 Free agent signings begin virtually as soon as the draft concludes. —

Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026 That concludes today’s newsletter. —

Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026 Dudamel concludes 17 seasons as Los Angeles Philharmonic music director this summe r and in New York succeeds Jaap van Zweden, whose six-season tenure ended with 2023-24. —

ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026 Paris Fashion Week, which concludes Tuesday, March 10, after its March 2 kickoff, is among the final events for the high fashion season. —

Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026 Boston is in the midst of the most challenging stretch of its remaining schedule — a three-game road trip that began Sunday in Cleveland and concludes Thursday in Oklahoma City. —

Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2026 BofA concludes that with 10% to 20% of current business potentially facing disintermediation, the industry’s premium valuations leave very little room for error. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026 The World Cup begins June 11 and concludes with the final match on July 19. —

Christopher Harris, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026

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Catcher Austin Wells capped the game with a three-run home run in the seventh inning to enact the World Baseball Classic’s mercy rule, which ends the game when a team is up by 10 or more runs after seven innings.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Randy Smith’s consecutive game streak ends at 906 games, the longest in NBA history.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026