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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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firmness
English
Etymology
firm +? -ness
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f?mn?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??mn?s/
- Hyphenation: firm?ness
Noun
firmness (countable and uncountable, plural firmnesses)
- The state of being firm
- security; steadfastness; good grip
- strictness; mental strength
- France, for the first time since the death of Charlemagne, was governed by a prince of great firmness and ability.
- physical durability; rigidness (of material)
Translations
References
- firmness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
firmness From the web:
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