Meaning & use
conclusion
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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