Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun conclusion

9 senses of conclusion

Sense 1
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")
       => judgment, judgement, mind -- (an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind")

Sense 2
conclusion -- (an intuitive assumption; "jump to a conclusion")
       => assumption, supposition, supposal -- (a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions")

Sense 3
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")
       => end, ending -- (the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period")

Sense 4
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")
       => happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event -- (an event that happens)

Sense 5
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))
       => proposition -- ((logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false)

Sense 6
termination, ending, conclusion -- (the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement")
       => change of state -- (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Sense 7
conclusion -- (a final settlement; "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty")
       => settlement -- (a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it)

Sense 8
conclusion, end, close, closing, ending -- (the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say...")
       => section, subdivision -- (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section")

Sense 9
decision, determination, conclusion -- (the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly")
       => choice, selection, option, pick -- (the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick")