concluding

Variant of conclude

conclude definition

con·clude (kən klo̵̅o̅d′)

transitive verb concluded -·clud′ed, concluding -·clud′·ing

  1. to bring to a close; end; finish
  2. to decide by reasoning; infer; deduce
  3. to decide; determine
  4. to arrange or settle; come to an agreement about to conclude a pact

Etymology: ME concluden, to conclude < L concludere, to shut up, enclose < com-, together + claudere, to shut, close

intransitive verb

  1. to come to a close; end; finish
  2. to come to an agreement

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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