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conclusion
English
Alternative forms
- concl. (shortening)
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French conclusion, from Latin concl?si?, from the past participle stem of concl?dere (“to conclude”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?klu???n/
- Rhymes: -u???n
Noun
conclusion (plural conclusions)
- The end, finish, close or last part of something.
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- A flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest.
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- The outcome or result of a process or act.
- A decision reached after careful thought.
- (logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
- (obsolete) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
- (law) The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
- (law) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wharton to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (end): endpoint, terminus; see also Thesaurus: finish
- (end of literary work): epilogue, postamble; see also Thesaurus: afterword
Antonyms
- (end): beginning, initiation, start; see also Thesaurus: beginning
Coordinate terms
- (in logic): premise
Related terms
- conclude
- conclusive
- conclusively
- conclusiveness
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin concl?si?, from the past participle stem of concl?dere (“conclude”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.kly.zj??/
Noun
conclusion f (plural conclusions)
- conclusion
Related terms
- conclure
Anagrams
- concluions
Further reading
- “conclusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
conclusion (plural conclusiones)
- conclusion
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin concl?si?.
Pronunciation
Noun
conclusion f (plural conclusions)
- conclusion
Related terms
- conclure
conclusion From the web:
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assumption
English
Etymology
From Middle English assumpcioun, from Medieval Latin assumptio (“a taking up (into heaven)”) and Latin assumptio (“a taking up, adoption, the minor proposition of a syllogism”). Doublet of assumptio; see assume.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s?mp.??n/
Noun
assumption (countable and uncountable, plural assumptions)
- The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
- His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
- The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
- Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
- The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
- (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
- The taking of a person up into heaven.
- A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
- (rhetoric) Assumptio.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:supposition
Derived terms
- Assumption Parish
Related terms
- assume
- assumptive
Translations
Further reading
- assumption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- assumption in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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