different between conclusion vs consideration

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)

1. 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.

2. The outcome or result of a process or act.
3. A decision reached after careful thought.
4. (logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
5. (obsolete) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
6. (law) The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
7. (law) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.

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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)

1. 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)

1. conclusion

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin concl?si?.

Pronunciation

Noun

conclusion f (plural conclusions)

1. conclusion

Related terms

• conclure

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French consideracion, from Latin c?ns?der?ti?. Synchronically analyzable as consider +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?d???e???n/
• Hyphenation: con?sid?er?ation
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

consideration (countable and uncountable, plural considerations)

1. The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).

   Synonyms: deliberation, thought
2. Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.

   Synonyms: factor, motive, reason

3. The tendency to consider others.

4. A payment or other recompense for something done.

5. (law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.
6. Importance, claim to notice, regard.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 54

     [...] settled down on a small property he had near Quimper to live for the rest of his days in peace; but the failure of an attorney left him suddenly penniless, and neither he nor his wife was willing to live in penury where they had enjoyed consideration.

Related terms

Translations

Middle French

Noun

consideration f (plural considerations)

1. Alternative form of consyderation