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present tense third-person singular of conclude
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1
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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- puts paid to
- [chiefly British],
- rings down the curtain (on)
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2
to come to an end
- the concert concluded late in the evening
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- breaks off,
- breaks up,
- ceases,
- closes,
- dead-ends,
- determines,
- dies,
- discontinues,
- elapses,
- ends,
- expires,
- finishes,
- goes,
- halts,
- lapses,
- leaves off,
- lets up,
- passes,
- quits,
- stops,
- terminates,
- winds up,
- winks (out)
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3
to bring about through discussion and compromise
- concluded an economic agreement among the world's leading industrial nations
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4
to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration
- he concluded that the reprimand could wait until later
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5
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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“Concludes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concludes. Accessed 18 Jan. 2022.
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