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- pronunciation:
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klu
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noun |
| definition 1: |
an ending, result, or outcome.
The conclusion of the book was a surprise.- synonyms:
- close
- antonyms:
- beginning
- similar words:
- expiration, finish, fruit, stop
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| definition 2: |
an opinion reached after careful thinking.
What is your conclusion about my ideas? Do they make sense?There was enough evidence to draw a quick conclusion about how the accident happened.- synonyms:
- deduction, judgment
- similar words:
- derivation, estimation, opinion, theory
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| related words: |
accomplishment, completion, diagnosis, effect, finale, outcome, verdict |
The word conclusion
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, conclude, conclusion, conduct, confer, conference, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, conform, confuse, confusion, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjunction, connect, consonant, conspiracy, constant, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, convince, convict, conviction, inconceivable, inconspicuous, consequence
claus, clos, clud, clus
Latin
root
that means to close
Example words:
clause, closet, conclude, conclusion, disclose, enclose, enclosure, exclude, exclusive, include, inconclusive
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, conclusion, condition, confusion, construction, direction, dictionary, expedition, fusion, illusion, incision, interaction, mission, nation, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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