concludeverb
uk/kənˈkluːd/us/kənˈkluːd/conclude verb (FINISH)
C1 [ I or T ] to end a speech, meeting, or piece of writing:
She concluded the speech by reminding us of our responsibility.
Before I conclude, I'd like to thank you all for coming.
The concert concluded with a rousing chorus.
[ T ] to complete an official agreement or task, or arrange a business deal
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- It's difficult to guess what they will conclude from the evidence.
- The report concluded that there was no evidence of collusive behaviour between the banks.
- Judge Keenan concluded that the surveillance had been lawful.
- The meeting concluded with a prayer.
- The book concludes with a plea for a change in the law.
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Causing something to end
- abandon
- all good things (must) come to an end idiom
- and have done with it idiom
- be over the hump idiom
- bitter
- draw
- knock off (sth)
- lay
- lay sth to rest idiom
- lay the ghost of sth (to rest) idiom
- leave it at that idiom
- leave off (sth/doing sth)
- lift
- raise
- stone-dead
- suppression
- the curtain falls on sth idiom
- to the bitter end idiom
- top sth off
- walk
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Accepting & agreeing
conclude verb (JUDGE)
C1 [ T ] to judge or decide something after thinking carefully about it:
[ + that ] The jury concluded from the evidence that the defendant was innocent.
The discussions continued late into the night, but nothing was concluded.
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Decisions and deciding
- be make or break for sb/sth idiom
- be on the horns of a dilemma idiom
- clinch
- clincher
- come down on one side of the fence or the other idiom
- come to sth
- decider
- fight
- hammer sth out
- head
- it's a date idiom
- judgment call
- lot
- make or break sth idiom
- make up your mind idiom
- mind
- nail sth down
- name
- name the day idiom
- spin a coin idiom
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