conclusion Noun
( en noun)
The end, finish, close or last part of something.
* Prescott
- A flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest.
The outcome or result of a process or act.
A decision reached after careful thought.
* Shakespeare
- And the conclusion is, she shall be thine.
- The board has come to the conclusion that the proposed takeover would not be in the interest of our shareholders.
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- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions' are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound ' conclusions . Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you geth
(logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
* Addison
- He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion .
(obsolete) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
* Francis Bacon
- We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating.
(legal) The end or close of a pleading, e.g. the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
(legal) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
- (Wharton)
Related terms
* conclude
* conclusive
Antonyms
* (end) beginning, initiation, start
Coordinate terms
* (in logic) premise
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inferred English
Verb
(head)
(infer)
infer English
Verb
( inferr)
To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
* 2010 , "Keep calm, but don't carry on", The Economist , 7 Oct 2010:
- It is dangerous to infer too much from martial bluster in British politics: at the first hint of trouble, channelling Churchill is a default tactic for beleaguered leaders of all sorts.
To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.)
*, II.3:
- These and a thousand like propositions, which concurre in this purpose, do evidently inferre .
* Shakespeare
- This doth infer the zeal I had to see him.
* Sir Thomas More
- The first part is not the proof of the second, but rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the first.
(obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) (upon) or (to) someone.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.8:
- faire Serena.
(obsolete) To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in.
* Shakespeare
- Full well hath Clifford played the orator, / Inferring arguments of mighty force.
Usage notes
There are two ways in which the word "infer" is sometimes used as if it meant "imply". "Implication" is done by a person when making a "statement", whereas "inference" is done to a proposition after it had already been made or assumed. Secondly, the word "infer" can sometimes be used to mean "allude" or "express" in a suggestive manner rather than as a direct "statement". Using the word "infer" in this sense is now generally considered incorrect. [http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000232.htm
Synonyms
* assume, conclude, deduce, construe
Related terms
* inferable
* inference
* -ferous (-iferous)
Anagrams
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