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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
conclude
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
close/conclude a dealformal (= agree a deal formally)
▪ A deal between the two companies has now been concluded.
conclude a treatyformal (= successfully finish arranging it)
▪ In 1875 Japan and Russia concluded a treaty.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
therefore
▪ Are we to conclude therefore that eminence can not be allowed as a yardstick of creativity?
▪ Do we therefore conclude that the beer consists of solid indivisible lumps of matter of that volume?
▪ Some have therefore concluded that behaviour in this category can not be termed altruism at all.
▪ His boss had therefore concluded that he should head up the technical team.
▪ I therefore conclude, though not without some doubt, that there was consideration for the new agreement ....
▪ We can therefore conclude that in these societies a different system of exchange or barter was used for basic daily transactions.
▪ They therefore concluded that a lack of social relationships was a causal factor in the onset of neurosis.
▪ Many on Wall Street have therefore concluded that something panicked the usually unflappable chairman.
■ NOUN
agreement
▪ Around 40 percent of the businesses in each host country have concluded co-operation agreements as a direct result of the event.
▪ The meeting concluded without formal agreement.
▪ States which did not consider a customs union to be necessary could conclude agreements with the customs union on a free-trade zone.
author
▪ The authors concluded that creativity and psychotic symptomatology do indeed reflect equivalent forms of cognitive processing.
▪ The authors of the study conclude that the flushing response probably deters individuals from drinking-or from drinking enough to trigger alcoholism.
▪ The authors conclude that a combination of the last two models offers the best prospect of a full explanation.
▪ That, the authors conclude, casts doubt on the refuge hypothesis.
▪ The authors conclude that the risk of respiratory conditions resulting from passive smoking, although small, is not negligible. 2.
▪ The authors concluded that genetic factors play a major role in the etiology of alcoholism in women.
▪ The authors conclude that the improving image of the game drew a wider and more respectable public, including more women.
▪ The author concludes by suggesting ways in which teachers can use and develop these activities in their own classroom.
committee
▪ The Committee concluded that a commitment of extra resources was needed if significant further progress was to be made.
▪ The Marre Committee concluded that unless the professions themselves initiated change, it would be forced upon them.
▪ The Committee concluded, on balance, in favour of the second set of arguments.
▪ The Shelmerdine Committee concluded that international civil aviation should be internationalized and placed under an international authority.
▪ For permanent television, the Committee concluded, a larger control area will have to be provided.
▪ The Committee concluded that, subject to some important amendments and undertakings relating to groundwater, the Bill should be allowed to proceed.
contract
▪ A court or tribunal will be reluctant to conclude that your contract has been frustrated.
▪ However, by far the majority of private company acquisitions are concluded by private contract.
court
▪ The Court of Appeal concluded that he ordinarily worked outside Great Britain and was therefore unable to pursue an unfair dismissal claim.
▪ The court concluded that this pattern of behavior threatened working relationships that were vital to maintaining school operations and thus constituted insubordination.
▪ We hope the court proceedings will be concluded quickly, so that the period of uncertainty is kept to a minimum.
▪ The court concluded that it would be inconsistent with these purposes for it to confer tenure status on a teacher.
▪ On the other hand, the Court concluded that the union could charge nonmembers for activities beyond local labor negotiations.
▪ The court was driven to conclude that the jury would not necessarily have convicted had it been correctly directed.
▪ The majority of the Court of Appeal concluded that the same principle should not apply in the case of such public authorities.
deal
▪ In Mozart's absence, Constanze organized and concluded the deal.
▪ The California Debt Advisory Commission has concluded that most lease-finance deals in the state have been well-managed.
▪ Yermak concluded a deal with the then tsar which wiped out his past crimes for a surrender of his conquests.
▪ In Warsaw he had been some sort of real-estate broker, but years had gone by without his having concluded any deals.
▪ They have talked to Pisa, and hope to conclude a deal before the weekend.
▪ By February 1956, Nasser was ready to conclude the deal.
▪ One artist concluded his deal by standing on a cardboard box full of notes while Berry taped it up.
▪ No reservations are allowed to the Convention, which was concluded as a package deal.
report
▪ In six percent of cases the report concluded that there was a high risk to health.
▪ Their report of October 1988 concludes that the present is a critical time to establish such a center.
▪ The report concludes with references to increase in long term unemployment and slump in business optimism.
▪ The report would conclude that there was no evidence that the intelligence services were involved.
▪ The 1989 report concluded that children receive greater exposure to pesticide residues than adults.
▪ The report concluded that the Khmer Rouge tactic was proving successful and that grassroots sympathy for the group had probably been underestimated.
▪ A policy Studies Institute report concluded that specialist money advice was helpful to debtors, particularly multiple debtors.
researcher
▪ But many other researchers have concluded that legal intervention is of extremely limited value in truancy cases.
▪ The researchers concluded that the supportive atmosphere of the extended family had been sufficient to counterbalance the effects of the questionable diets.
▪ Individual predisposition Psychological factors Most researchers have concluded that the premorbid personality is characterised by substantial emotional instability.
▪ They need to provide better information and more evidence of courtesy, caring and professional competence, researchers concluded.
▪ The real problem is that so many kids are uninterested in learning, researchers have concluded from a 10-year study.
section
▪ In concluding this section on subsurface detection, we may refer in passing to a controversial technique that has a few followers.
▪ We conclude this section by demonstrating this equivalence.
▪ The next chapter considers the legal and social aspects of selling which then concludes the section on the sales environment.
▪ We conclude this section by identifying in more detail the tasks that each of the named roles implies.
▪ Training To conclude this section it is necessary to point out a few things about the squad training sessions.
▪ To conclude this section, we can, at last, refer to an experiment.
▪ This concluding section will discuss these in turn.
▪ We can conclude this section then by picking out a number of criticisms of the scientific management approach to organisations. 1.
study
▪ The study concluded that the economic prospects for the Teifi Valley are very poor.
▪ Some previous studies had concluded that there are as many as 236, 000 firearm-related injuries in the United States yearly.
▪ The authors of the study conclude that the flushing response probably deters individuals from drinking-or from drinking enough to trigger alcoholism.
▪ Several case studies have been concluded.
▪ Much of the clean-air act is aimed at acid rain, which a giant official study has concluded is virtually a non-problem.
▪ One recent study concluded: These days, some truckers are more inclined to sport white collars than tank tops.
treaty
▪ Millett J. concluded that the treaty was a membership agreement, not one forming an agency relationship.
▪ As an alternative to this bloc policy Khrushchev offered to conclude treaties of non-aggression and friendship with the states concerned.
■ VERB
lead
▪ The existence of judicial balancing should not lead us to conclude that all such balancing is necessarily premised on the same assumptions.
▪ The fact that the date line was not drawn straight has led some to conclude that it is further malleable.
▪ Observations of Freddy led them to conclude that dolphins use sonar while hunting.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
concluding remark/section/stage etc
▪ In that case, he may have to tape his concluding remarks before the story is actually over.
▪ In the concluding remarks not only the main conclusions related to diffusion and production are summarized.
▪ In the concluding section we shall speculate as to why this might have been. 6.
▪ Section 3.4 provides a rather briefer coverage of internal relationships, whilst section 3.5 contains some concluding remarks.
▪ The concluding section considers the relationship between the external and internal auditor.
▪ The exhibition will be basically chronological in format with a concluding section of twenty-one drawings.
▪ These are points to be returned to in our concluding section.
▪ This concluding section explores selected implications for practice.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ By July the research team had concluded the main part of its work.
▪ Davis concludes from an analysis of traffic accidents that the speed limit should be lowered.
▪ European governments are trying to conclude a treaty to ban certain atmospheric tests.
▪ He concluded with an appeal to everyone to support the campaign.
▪ I'd like to conclude by thanking everyone who has worked so hard to make this conference possible.
▪ It seems reasonable to conclude that people's behaviour is influenced by what they see on TV.
▪ The British car industry has just concluded a deal with the Japanese government.
▪ The Giants conclude the three-game series tonight in Palm Springs.
▪ The jury listened carefully to the evidence and concluded that the man was guilty.
▪ The police have now concluded their investigations.
▪ The sales convention will conclude as planned on Sunday.
▪ This year, Muslims will conclude Ramadan with the usual festivities on April 15 or 16.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At the very least, city officials are wise to see how those lawsuits are concluded.
▪ Bette concluded with a gasp and sank her teeth into her sandwich.
▪ He concludes, not by committing himself to atheism but showing empathy with it.
▪ I can only conclude by saying that I am sorry the situation has developed the way it has.
▪ It was for this reason that he concluded that different cells receive different genes.
▪ The patient quickly concludes that tablets are the real treatment and the diet of secondary importance.
▪ The report concludes with references to increase in long term unemployment and slump in business optimism.
▪ The team concluded that an updated system was required.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conclude

Conclude \Con*clude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Concluding.] [L. concludere, conclusum; con- + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t.]

  1. To shut up; to inclose. [Obs.]

    The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave.
    --Hooker.

  2. To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace. [Obs.]

    For God hath concluded all in unbelief.
    --Rom. xi. 32.

    The Scripture hath concluded all under sin.
    --Gal. iii. 22.

  3. To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause.

    No man can conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him.
    --Tillotson.

    Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith.
    --Rom. iii. 28.

  4. To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.

    But no frail man, however great or high, Can be concluded blest before he die.
    --Addison.

    Is it concluded he shall be protector?
    --Shak.

  5. To bring to an end; to close; to finish.

    I will conclude this part with the speech of a counselor of state.
    --Bacon.

  6. To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain. ``If we conclude a peace.''
    --Shak.

  7. To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument.

    If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it.
    --Sir M. Hale.

    Syn: To infer; decide; determine; settle; close; finish; terminate; end.

Conclude

Conclude \Con*clude"\, v. i.

  1. To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate.

    A train of lies, That, made in lust, conclude in perjuries.
    --Dryden.

    And, to conclude, The victory fell on us.
    --Shak.

  2. To form a final judgment; to reach a decision.

    Can we conclude upon Luther's instability?
    --Bp. Atterbury.

    Conclude and be agreed.
    --Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
conclude

early 14c., "end an argument," from Latin concludere "to shut up, enclose," from com- "together" (see com-) + -cludere, comb. form of claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)). Meaning "reach a mental conclusion, deduce" is from late 14c., a sense also in Latin. Related: Concluded; concluding.

Wiktionary
conclude

vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To end; to come to an end. 2 (context transitive English) To bring to an end; to close; to finish. 3 (context transitive English) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make. 4 (context transitive English) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision. 5 (context obsolete English) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide. 6 To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar;generally in the passive. 7 (context obsolete English) To shut up; to enclose. 8 (context obsolete English) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace. 9 (context logic English) to deduce, to infer (gloss: develop a causal relation)

WordNet
conclude

  1. v. decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" [syn: reason, reason out]

  2. bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"

  3. reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation [syn: resolve]

  4. come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin" [syn: close]

  5. reach agreement on; "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire"

Usage examples of "conclude".

Hawk had concluded the deal with David and Abraham Solomon which relied on her shares and proxy in the new conglomerate for him to be chairman.

With some understandable resentment perhaps, Sewall concluded that Adams had gone as far as his ambition would take him, and further that he was ill suited for his present role.

NOT UNTIL NOVEMBER did Washington announce that he would accept a second term, and only then did Adams conclude it was time to return to Philadelphia, setting off by public coach in heavy winter weather.

The discussion was quickly concluded and McHenry was about to leave when something he said, or the way he said it, started Adams on the subject of Hamilton and the loss of the New York election.

When Oliver Wolcott wrote from his office in Washington to tell Fisher Ames of Massachusetts that he would work to defeat Adams and that between Adams and Jefferson there was scarcely a difference, that one would be as disastrous as the other, he was only expressing what many Hamilton Federalists had concluded, taking their cue from their leader.

And finally, most strangely, having spent fifty pages tearing Adams to pieces, Hamilton concluded by saying Adams must be supported equally with General Pinckney in the election.

Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory, but before it could arrive, Jefferson had concluded that it must be some article of home-produced clothing, and so in reply to Adams wrote at length about the virtues of the spinning jenny and loom, and of the thriftiness of household manufactures.

A peace had been concluded between the two nations on these terms, that the river Albula, now called Tiber, should be the common boundary between the Etrurians and Latins.

He had a prominent brow, and his chalky-white skin nearly glowed in the intense sunshine, leading me to conclude he was not of Amerind descent.

We may therefore conclude that the initial power of an irritant on the apex of the radicle of the bean, is less than that of geotropism when acting at right angles, but greater than that of geotropism when acting obliquely on it.

The Lucanians and Apulians, nations who, until that time, had no kind of intercourse with the Roman people, proposed an alliance with them, promising a supply of men and arms for the war: a treaty of friendship was accordingly concluded.

Interfaces comparing the views of the different astrogation computers, all concluding that the HP ship was in hot pursuit of a pirate of some kind.

Moreover, since he is Asturian, it is well within the realm of possibility that he hath concluded some secret accord with Kal Torak to betray us at a crucial moment during the battle.

When the Amazons relaxed, confident in their victory, the Atlantians concluded a secret alliance with the orgons and overthrew the women warriors.

Omnius had concluded that atomics were an inefficient and nonselective way to impose control, and radioactive cleanup afterward was difficult.