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Noun conclusion has 9 senses

decision, determination, conclusion - a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"
--₁ is a kind of judgment, judgement, mind
--₁ has particulars: predeterminaation
conclusion - an intuitive assumption; "jump to a conclusion"
--₂ is a kind of assumption, supposition, supposal
--₂ has particulars: non sequitur
stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close - the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
--₃ is a kind of end, ending

ending, conclusion, finish - event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"
--₄ is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
--₄ has particulars:

conclusion, ratiocination - the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
--₅ is a kind of proposition
--₅ is a part of syllogism
--₅ has parts: major term; minor term

termination, ending, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
--₆ is a kind of change of state
--₆ has particulars:

Derived form: verb conclude₂

conclusion - a final settlement; "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty"
--₇ is a kind of settlement
conclusion, end, close, closing, ending - the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
--₈ is a kind of section, subdivision
--₈ is a part of narration, recital, yarn; address, speech
--₈ has particulars:
anticlimax, bathos; epilogue, epilog; epilogue, epilog; peroration; finale, coda
decision, determination, conclusion - the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
--₉ is a kind of choice, selection, option, pick
--₉ has particulars:
appointment, assignment, designation, naming; call; move; casting lots, drawing lots, sortition; resolution

Derived forms: verb conclude₃, verb conclude₁