Dictionary entry details
• CONCLUDE (verb)
Meaning:
Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
conclude; reason; reason out
Context example:
We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house
Hypernyms (to "conclude" is one way to...):
cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conclude"):
induce (reason or establish by induction)
deduce; deduct; derive; infer (reason by deduction; establish by deduction)
syllogise; syllogize (reason by syllogisms)
feel; find (come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds)
deduce; infer (conclude by reasoning; in logic)
gather (conclude from evidence)
extrapolate; generalise; generalize; infer (draw from specific cases for more general cases)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They conclude that there was a traffic accident
Meaning:
Bring to a close
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
The committee concluded the meeting
Hypernyms (to "conclude" is one way to...):
end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conclude"):
perorate (conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
resolve; conclude
Hypernyms (to "conclude" is one way to...):
agree; concord; concur; hold (be in accord; be in agreement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conclude"):
determine; settle; square off; square up (settle conclusively; come to terms)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Come to a close
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
conclude; close
Context example:
The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin
Hypernyms (to "conclude" is one way to...):
cease; end; finish; stop; terminate (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Reach agreement on
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context examples:
They concluded an economic agreement / We concluded a cease-fire
Hypernyms (to "conclude" is one way to...):
agree (achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
