Meaning & use

conclusion

noun·Academic

A judgment or decision reached after considering evidence, or the final part of something.

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After weighing the evidence carefully, the jury reached its conclusion within a few hours.

The essay's conclusion summarized the main argument in just two sentences.

A note on using this word

In logic and argument, a conclusion is the claim that follows from the premises, not merely the final sentence of a text.

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