noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bring sth to a conclusion (=used especially in law)
▪ Juvenile cases need to be brought to a conclusion quickly.
foregone conclusion
▪ The election result was a foregone conclusion.
led...to the conclusion
▪ Our research led us to the conclusion that the present system is unfair.
reach a conclusion
▪ We reached the conclusion that the man had been murdered.
tentative conclusions
▪ I passed on my tentative conclusions to the police.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
▪ The hermeneutics of the cross ought to lead us to quite different theological conclusions about living faithfully in the twilight of modernity.
▪ As might be expected, different courts have reached different conclusions.
▪ With these different theories come different conclusions about the history of the skeleton, fins, nasal sacs and so on.
▪ Such researchers often come up with very different conclusions from those of the new prevention thinkers.
▪ He also purported to apply the conventional collateral fact doctrine but reached a different conclusion from that of his brethren.
▪ Residents who live in East County draw a different conclusion.
▪ Why review articles on the health effects of passive smoking reach different conclusions.
▪ Two teams of researchers have studied the birds and come to different conclusions about what is going on.
firm
▪ With regard to acquittal rates in the magistrates' courts, our data are too uncertain to draw firm conclusions as they are incomplete.
▪ Interpretation of the vast library of information in these radar images continues, but a number of firm conclusions are already evident.
▪ However they caution that the relatively small numbers of students in both studies makes it difficult to draw any firm generalisable conclusions.
▪ It was too early to reach firm conclusions as to the direction's effectiveness.
▪ Any firm conclusions would require much more lengthy analysis than is possible in this book.
▪ Would seeing a re-run of the incident, as he had recounted it, help Terry Gill to a firmer conclusion?
▪ Perhaps the only firm conclusion to emerge from this continuing debate is the recognition that the literary scene has become pluralistic.
▪ However, planetary chemistry is sufficiently complicated that this can not be regarded as a firm conclusion.
foregone
▪ The result is no foregone conclusion.
▪ But the outcome of the battle was a foregone conclusion.
▪ Male speaker It's certainly not a foregone conclusion.
▪ For would-be predators Greene King; it's an embarrassing reversal after claiming a foregone conclusion.
▪ It is a foregone conclusion that the homosexual laws will not be reformed yet.
▪ But it is by no means a foregone conclusion.
▪ It is equally a foregone conclusion that reform must come eventually.
▪ For three more years, Masada continued to hold out, but its fall was a foregone conclusion.
general
▪ For what it is worth, the general conclusion which emerged was that overseas investment had a small positive effect on exports.
▪ However, many of the general conclusions from these studies are applicable to systems with longer periods.
▪ So before moving to the particular let's see if we can draw some general conclusions regarding degree and timing.
▪ The general conclusion that emerges from this analysis is discussed at the end of the section.
▪ The general conclusion to this paragraph is as follows.
▪ However, we can draw out some general conclusions.
▪ Then, if the general economic conclusions are considered unsatisfactory, a fiscal adjustment can be considered.
▪ Through his technical economic theories Hayek gradually began to draw more general theoretical conclusions.
logical
▪ Events must play themselves out to aesthetic, moral and logical conclusion.
▪ Collymore use the fish to push me down, the child thought, arriving at a startling but logical conclusion.
▪ This fact is not found in the Acts of the Apostles even though it would be a logical conclusion to the book.
▪ Modern theories of justice and equality have never been carried to their logical conclusions with respect to the family.
▪ She follows this belief through to what to her is a logical conclusion at every stage.
▪ Identical agents did not arrive with perfect rationality at shared, logical conclusions or expectations.
▪ If you must worry, pursue your fears through to their logical conclusion.
▪ If the incremental project can be accepted then the logical conclusion is to accept Project D in the first instance.
main
▪ What is his main view or conclusion on this question?
▪ In the concluding remarks not only the main conclusions related to diffusion and production are summarized.
▪ The main conclusion to be drawn here is that the way to aid slow readers is to improve their word-recognition skills.
▪ Their inclusion in the non-progressive category does not influence the main conclusion that deficits are highest in monitoring patients with progressive disorders.
▪ Then, studying changes over time, he set out to test the main conclusions derived from cross-sectional studies.
▪ Summary of main findings and conclusions. 3.
▪ It came to four main conclusions.
▪ And yet, having re-read every word, the main conclusion is unchallengeable.
obvious
▪ It also leads the doctor to the obvious conclusion - try something different.
▪ The obvious conclusion here is that the Giants are more likely to lose games to the new standard than improve them.
▪ On the other hand, that is not an obvious conclusion from the dynamics of the golf swing.
▪ The obvious conclusion is that the complex structures must be explained in terms of the conscious states they seem developed to produce.
▪ Mr Patten went on to draw the obvious conclusion.
▪ Nor did he draw any obvious conclusions when he kept on coming on Tina in bed with other men.
▪ That is of course an obvious and easy conclusion for us to reach.
similar
▪ Levin and Bronshten reach similar conclusions, by analogy with typical terminal-flare meteors.
▪ Other investment bankers, who had drawn similar conclusions, took similar actions.
▪ The Illinois team reached broadly similar conclusions.
▪ Other former White House aides have reached a similar conclusion.
▪ A consideration of two dreams in Shakespeare's plays takes us to a similar conclusion.
▪ Data from the 159 patients adhering fully to the protocol gave similar conclusions.
▪ Other constraints give qualitatively similar conclusions, provided that the curve remains convex.
▪ Lockwood reaches similar conclusions with regard to work situation.
successful
▪ For example, employees may receive bonus payments on the successful conclusion of their overseas assignments.
▪ Robert Cardinal Bellarmine, was brought to a successful conclusion and the canonization ceremonies followed in the year 1726.
▪ Whenever this happens, the onus is on you to control the call and steer the conversation to a successful conclusion.
▪ The successful conclusion of the operation now commencing will be of great value to our country.
▪ For all those reasons, it is essential that there is a successful conclusion to the Maastricht summit next month.
▪ Each successive crisis in our history is mapped and each depends in a measure on the successful conclusion of the ones previous.
▪ A successful conclusion would boost the world economy by £200 billion.
▪ We simply glued the broken ear back in place and she carried on to a successful conclusion.
tentative
▪ Our second tentative conclusion is that social services may have reduced people's subjective sense of inequality.
▪ Ideally, the final stage of your analysis is to offer a tentative conclusion regarding the issue.
▪ Only tentative conclusions can be reached and they are open to challenge and criticism.
▪ That tentative conclusion probably is as far as one can go on the basis of empirical evidence.
▪ Few results are available yet on this theme, though some tentative conclusions may be drawn.
▪ It has come to some tentative conclusions about the relationship between the quality of argument and computer software.
▪ Shortage of sources compels tentative conclusions.
▪ The results of that study are still being analysed but a number of interesting though tentative conclusions are emerging.
wrong
▪ The authors give warning that the Government has drawn the wrong conclusions from its experience of the poll tax.
▪ But the worst of the scandal is that all the wrong conclusions are being drawn from it.
▪ He would jump to all the wrong conclusions.
▪ She has probably come to some wrong conclusions about his intent.
▪ Well, you've jumped to the wrong conclusion.
▪ Everyone knew she and Ryan had been living together, and it was easy to jump to the wrong conclusions.
▪ The telephone increases the likelihood of jumping to the wrong conclusions.
▪ Perhaps it was the wrong conclusion.
■ VERB
arrive
▪ It would be very difficult to arrive at the same conclusion in 1988.
▪ Combinatorial procedures like these permit adolescents with formal operations to arrive at conclusions that are certain.!
▪ How do people arrive at conclusions about what is going on in a particular instance?
▪ But a court-appointed psychologist and psychiatrist each arrived at the same conclusions, Fuller said.
▪ The story of how he arrived at this conclusion is so fascinating that I dare not spoil it for you.
▪ Three decades later, free-thinker James Lovelock arrived at the same conclusions based on his telescopic analysis of other planets.
▪ They've all read the Magpie column but arrive at differing conclusions.
▪ The Daily News bagel team, which surveyed 13 bagel establishments recommended by readers, arrived at the same conclusion.
avoid
▪ If we are to avoid this foundationalist conclusion we shall have to show that the regress argument is fallacious.
▪ However, even Charmley can not avoid the conclusion that Churchill for all his faults was a great man.
▪ It was impossible to avoid the conclusion that the murder had emptied it.
▪ But it is hard to avoid the conclusion that Mr Grand has simply moved the conceptual goal-posts.
▪ It is therefore difficult to avoid the conclusion that the effect of insurance is in general to reduce the deterrent effect of liability.
based
▪ The second argument is based on the conclusion derived in Chapter 4 that associative learning tends to be context-dependent.
▪ Dark based his conclusions on a reading of the Babel story as a prophetic work.
bring
▪ Other Forum activities were started but not brought to significant conclusions.
▪ Robert Cardinal Bellarmine, was brought to a successful conclusion and the canonization ceremonies followed in the year 1726.
▪ As one seminar is brought to conclusion plans forge ahead for the next and 1992 is no exception.
▪ In any case the sooner the war was brought to a satisfactory conclusion the better.
▪ The government should now set a time limit for this saga to be brought to a conclusion.
▪ The novel is brought to its dramatic conclusion by the playing out of yet another case of split identity.
▪ Something I could bring to a decent conclusion.
come
▪ I came to the rapid conclusion that anyone tackling it must be either incredibly brave, extremely stupid - or both!
▪ Subsequent studies have come to less clear conclusions, and a few scientists believe that the monkey results are explained by chance.
▪ The thoughts jumbling and whirling in her head, she came to the conclusion that the details didn't really matter.
▪ So two theories-truth in advertising and dishonest manipulation-seem to come to opposite conclusions.
▪ She sat back in the seat as she racked her brain before coming to just one conclusion: Harry Martin.
▪ So I have come reluctantly to the conclusion that my Palm is a high-functioning offspring in a dysfunctional family.
▪ Therefore in the present case the justices came to the correct conclusion.
▪ And Pepino came to the conclusion that if St Francis, who had been a holy man, had been so too.
draw
▪ The country will draw its own conclusion that under a Labour Administration there are great inefficiencies, high spending and high taxation.
▪ Readers were left to draw their own conclusions.
▪ Then you dissect the results in order to draw some conclusions for taking countermeasures.
▪ As a structural engineer, he draws conclusions about overly high chimneys, mortar quality, and roofing tiles.
▪ It is difficult to draw a neat conclusion.
▪ Combining these mathematical results with the biochemical evidence concerning calmodulin-dependent adenylate cyclase, it is possible to draw some provisional conclusions.
▪ No wonder the girl had stared at her and drawn her own conclusions.
▪ But it is difficult to draw any other conclusions, since so much of the information is aggregated.
forego
▪ They never had to plan their shared parenting; it was a foregone conclusion.
▪ His departure was considered a foregone conclusion since the lifeless Trojans were playing uninspired ball.
▪ But gaining that support was not a foregone conclusion.
▪ But is it really a foregone conclusion that all of these young people will turn to crime?
▪ But none of these is a foregone conclusion.
jump
▪ Breaking a habit, be it over-eating, over-drinking, biting your nails or jumping to conclusions, is a tall order.
▪ But they warned against jumping to conclusions until more is known.
▪ He tends to jump to conclusions with feats of illogicality worthy of Sir Nicholas Fairbairn.
▪ I walked in here, checked out the store, I checked you out, and I jumped to a conclusion.
▪ Deeply hurt, Vincent jumped to the conclusion that news of his friendship with Sien had reached him and upset the man.
▪ But let us not jump to dire conclusions.
▪ Posterity will jump to conclusions: that is its nature.
▪ But before jumping to that conclusion it is worth pondering whether the weed is more resistant to husbandry practice rather than the herbicide.
lead
▪ Quantal analysis of excitatory synapses in the hippocampus has proved difficult and has led to contradictory conclusions when applied to long-term potentiation.
▪ But their presumptive reasoning has not led to encouraging conclusions.
▪ The large bulk of the data that have led to this conclusion originates from areas south of the polar circle.
▪ The assumption that each character represents an independent meaningful syllable leads to the conclusion that each character represents a monosyllabic word.
▪ Again, the would-be reformers' interpretation of the 1980s led them to this conclusion.
▪ First, a small representative group discussing subjects in depth with a trained observer leading and reporting conclusions.
▪ I think the answer is yes, which leads to a depressing conclusion, and not just about disability.
reach
▪ I do not find it necessary to reach any conclusion on the question whether a local authority can be guilty of corruption.
▪ Yet epidemiologists in many countries have independently evaluated possible methods of transmission and have reached the same conclusions.
▪ They reach this conclusion as part of an argument for school-based accounting using criteria similar to those we have considered.
▪ As might be expected, different courts have reached different conclusions.
▪ Of course, I had reached the same conclusions but he was always better at presenting the facts.
▪ After much thought and reasoning, however, Jack reached no satisfactory conclusion regarding Johnnie's unhappiness.
▪ Golding said that, before she reaches any conclusions, she wants a full briefing on the court ruling from Gwinn.
support
▪ They support their conclusions with their reasoning and set out their order.
▪ Data from more than thirty clinical trials involving more than 10, 000 pain patients unequivocally support this conclusion.
▪ One of the letters seems to support our conclusion, whereas the two others focus on possible methodological difficulties.
▪ The evidence to support this conclusion is substantial and convincing.
▪ Changes in relative prices support this conclusion.
▪ There are important clues to support this conclusion.
▪ It was a terrible thing to contemplate, but all the evidence seemed to support my conclusion.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be a foregone conclusion
▪ But none of these is a foregone conclusion.
▪ But the outcome of the battle was a foregone conclusion.
▪ Do not be deterred from exercising your right of appeal by the belief that the outcome will be a foregone conclusion.
▪ For three more years, Masada continued to hold out, but its fall was a foregone conclusion.
▪ It is a foregone conclusion that the homosexual laws will not be reformed yet.
▪ Some commentators and businessmen have suggested that the successful privatization of the National Freight Corporation was a foregone conclusion.
▪ The result was a foregone conclusion.
▪ They never had to plan their shared parenting; it was a foregone conclusion.
come to a decision/conclusion/agreement etc
▪ Conclusion With so many unanswered questions, it is an unwise man who comes to a conclusion.
▪ He has not yet come to a conclusion on that.
▪ He paused at a street corner and tried to come to a decision.
▪ In the restaurant he realized that he had come to a decision about things.
▪ Léonie stared at the two shops and came to a decision.
▪ She and o Pappous came to a decision.
▪ The Post Office says it hopes the two sides can come to an agreement at a branch meeting this evening.
▪ We had tea afterwards in a hotel in Berthing, but we failed to come to an agreement.
draw a conclusion
▪ As a structural engineer, he draws conclusions about overly high chimneys, mortar quality, and roofing tiles.
▪ As Wolff notes, these wealth data are still preliminary and even in final form are notoriously difficult to draw conclusions from.
▪ Conceptual factors are those which limit our ability to draw conclusions from experiments, even if they are technically perfect.
▪ I believe that one should not draw conclusions in the absence of evidence.
▪ If we can draw a conclusion here it would be simply that Ishmael went to sea to find his place among men.
▪ The paradox of openness and criticism should be appreciated, together with learning how to draw conclusions from evidence.
▪ The social scientist tends to study events soas to draw conclusions of a more general and rather static kind.
▪ This made it difficult to draw conclusions.
jump to conclusions
▪ Breaking a habit, be it over-eating, over-drinking, biting your nails or jumping to conclusions, is a tall order.
▪ But they warned against jumping to conclusions until more is known.
▪ Don't assume the worst or jump to conclusions.
▪ He tends to jump to conclusions with feats of illogicality worthy of Sir Nicholas Fairbairn.
▪ I suppose I just didn't want you jumping to conclusions.
▪ Posterity will jump to conclusions: that is its nature.
▪ The inductivist insists that we should not jump to conclusions.
▪ The temptation is to jump to conclusions without arriving at them via a review.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ At the conclusion of the book, the reader is still not certain whether Markham is guilty or not.
▪ At the conclusion of the trial, the jury returned with a verdict of guilty.
▪ Introducing the changes has been a long process, and it's still nowhere near its conclusion.
▪ The talks are aimed at bringing the dispute to a conclusion.
▪ There was complete silence in the room as the play came to its tragic conclusion.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Consciousness, without any further necessary conclusions, is the only fact of which consciousness can be absolutely certain.
▪ He or she is aware that logically derived conclusions have a validity independent of factual truth.
▪ However, several caveats need to be attached to this conclusion.
▪ I thought about this and came to the conclusion that it seemed a very good philosophy.
▪ Once she'd met Janice and come to some conclusion, then she would know what she had to do next.
▪ That was the conclusion of a General Accounting Office report in 1992 on fraud in the health care system.
▪ The conclusion, ergo sum, is not entailed.
▪ Therefore, a tribunal or inferior court acts ultravires if it reaches its conclusion on a basis erroneous under the general law.