concludecon‧clude /kənˈkluːd/ ●●○ W2 AWL verb 
The report concluded that the school should be closed immediately.conclude from something that Richardson concluded from his studies that equality between the sexes is still a long way off.GRAMMARIn more formal English, you can say it is concluded that something is true: · It was concluded that the treatment should be stopped.2[transitive] formal to complete something you have been doing, especially for a long time: When the investigation is concluded, the results will be sent to the US Attorney’s office. Francis, having concluded his business with James, left for Miami.► see thesaurus at finish3[intransitive, transitive] to end something such as a meeting, book, event, or speech by doing or saying one final thingconclude with Each chapter concludes with a short summary.conclude by doing something She concluded by saying she was proud to be from Salford. To conclude, I’d like to express my thanks to my family. ‘So now,’ she concluded, ‘I’m trying to bring some order to the garden.’4conclude an agreement/treaty/contract etc to finish arranging an agreement etc successfully: That same year, France concluded a trading agreement with Spain.
WORD ORIGINconclude
Origin:
1200-1300 Latin concludere ‘to shut up, end, decide’, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + claudere ‘to shut’VERB TABLE
conclude
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | conclude |
| he, she, it | concludes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | concluded |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have concluded |
| he, she, it | has concluded | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had concluded |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will conclude |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have concluded |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am concluding |
| he, she, it | is concluding | |
| you, we, they | are concluding | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was concluding |
| you, we, they | were concluding | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been concluding |
| he, she, it | has been concluding | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been concluding |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be concluding |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been concluding |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- By July the research team had concluded the main part of its work.
- Davis concludes from an analysis of traffic accidents that the speed limit should be lowered.
- European governments are trying to conclude a treaty to ban certain atmospheric tests.
- He concluded with an appeal to everyone to support the campaign.
- I'd like to conclude by thanking everyone who has worked so hard to make this conference possible.
- It seems reasonable to conclude that people's behaviour is influenced by what they see on TV.
- The British car industry has just concluded a deal with the Japanese government.
- The Giants conclude the three-game series tonight in Palm Springs.
- The jury listened carefully to the evidence and concluded that the man was guilty.
- The police have now concluded their investigations.
- The sales convention will conclude as planned on Sunday.
- This year, Muslims will conclude Ramadan with the usual festivities on April 15 or 16.
- At the very least, city officials are wise to see how those lawsuits are concluded.
- Bette concluded with a gasp and sank her teeth into her sandwich.
- He concludes, not by committing himself to atheism but showing empathy with it.
- I can only conclude by saying that I am sorry the situation has developed the way it has.
- It was for this reason that he concluded that different cells receive different genes.
- The patient quickly concludes that tablets are the real treatment and the diet of secondary importance.
- The report concludes with references to increase in long term unemployment and slump in business optimism.
- The team concluded that an updated system was required.
THESAURUS
to complete the last part of something that you are doing: · Have you finished your homework?· The builders say they should have finished by Friday.
to finish making or doing something that has taken a long time to finish: · The new bridge will be completed in two years’ time.· She has just completed her PhD.
to do the last things that are necessary in order to settle a plan or agreement in a satisfactory way: · A spokesman said that they were hoping to finalize an agreement in the near future.
formal to officially finish something: · The police have now concluded their investigations.· Ralph Ellis, Managing Director, concluded the conference with a review of the trading year.
informal to finish something successfully – used especially about agreements or sports competitions: · Negotiators are meeting on Friday to wrap up the deal.· Liverpool had several chances to wrap up the game.
British English, round something out American English to do something as a way of ending a day, an evening, an event etc in an enjoyable or suitable way: · They rounded off the day with a barbecue at the beach.· A concert in the park is being organized to round off the programme of events.
to do something that you have to do now, so that it is finished and you can stop worrying about it: · Let’s go and do the shopping now and get it over with.· Just tell him how you feel and get it over and done with.
informal if you are done, you have finished – used especially when other people are waiting for you: · We’re nearly done.· We should be through in half an hour.
informal to have finished using something – used especially when other people are waiting to use it: · I’m done with the file.· I’ll let you know when I’m through with it.
to finish dealing with the final details of something, so that is all finished: · ‘Is the talk ready?’ ‘I just need to tie up a few loose ends.’
Longman Language Activatorto finish making a business agreement or plan · In the end we settled the deal on very favorable terms.· So that settles it. We'll pay you half the purchase price now, and the rest over two years.· We talked to the carpenter to settle plans for the expansion of the restaurant.
: conclude a deal/treaty/agreement successfully finish an agreement, especially one that is important and involves a large number of people: · The British car industry has just concluded a deal with the Japanese government.· European governments are trying to conclude a treaty to ban certain atmospheric tests.
informal to finish a meeting, a business agreement, or a plan by settling everything quickly in a satisfactory way: wrap up something: · If they accept our price we can wrap up the deal right away.wrap something/it/them up: · I want to wrap this meeting up as quickly as possible. I have another appointment in an hour.
informal to settle a business agreement or plan in a satisfactory way, especially in a way that is favourable to you: sew something/it/them up: · I called the real estate agent. The contract's been sewn up, and we can move into the apartment next week.sew something up: · Bob reckons he can sew up the deal quite quickly but I'm not so sure.
also finalise British to do the last things that are necessary in order to settle an agreement, plan, or arrangement in a satisfactory way: · Mr Samuels is flying to Detroit to finalize the details and sign the contract.· Don't proceed any further with any plans or finalize any arrangements until you have proper authority.
to finish making a business agreement, especially where a large amount of money is involved: · The oil company has just succeeded in closing a deal for the land.
to decide that something is true to think that something is true, after thinking about it, checking it, or looking at it: decide (that): · I listened to his story and decided he was probably telling the truth.decide whether/which/what etc: · She couldn't decide whether the dress suited her or not.
to decide that something is true after thinking carefully about all the facts: come to/reach the conclusion (that): · I came to the conclusion that there was only one way of tackling the problem.· Scientists were gradually coming to the conclusion that the disease was hereditary.
to decide that something is true or to make a judgment about it after carefully considering all the facts: conclude (that): · The jury listened carefully to the evidence and concluded that the man was guilty.· It seems reasonable to conclude that people's behaviour is influenced by what they see on TV.conclude from something that: · Davis concludes from an analysis of traffic accidents that the speed limit should be lowered.
to decide too quickly that something is true, without considering all the facts: · Don't jump to conclusions! Just because he's late doesn't mean he's had an accident.
formal to decide that something is true after examining a situation carefully and using your knowledge and experience: judge that: · Kaldor judged that the moment was exactly right to call an election.judge whether/which/what etc: · It's difficult to judge whether this is the right time to tell him.
to decide that something must be true because of other facts that you know - used to talk about scientific or technical decisions: deduce (that): · Darwin's observations led him to deduce that plants and animals could adapt to their surroundings.deduce something from something: · The police surgeon was able to deduce the probable time of death from the temperature of the body.
to form an opinion or decide that something is probably true because of other information you already know: infer that: · It is easy to infer that the marriage was not a very happy one.infer from something that: · From archaeological evidence we can reasonably infer that these people used stone cutting tools.
to finish doing something or making something to finish doing or making something: · Have you finished your homework yet?· He was in London at the time, finishing a degree in economics.· The builders say they should have finished by Friday.· "To think you might have been ..." Carlos didn't finish his sentence.finish doing something: · Give me a call when you've finished unpacking.· Let me finish washing the dishes, then I can help you.
if you have done a piece of work, you have finished doing it: · Ask Jane if she's done that essay yet.· I've done all the painting. Now all that's left is to put the pictures back up.
to finish making something, writing something, or doing something that takes a long time to finish: · The building is likely to be completed in two years' time.· The novel wasn't published until 40 years after it was completed.
to make an effort to finish something before you do something else: · I'd like to get all these letters finished so I can mail them on my way home.· He doesn't think he's going to get the baby's room finished before it's born.
informal to have finished doing something: · We thought it would only take a few minutes to put up the tent but by the time we were through it was dark.be through with: · The mechanic thought he'd be through with the car at about four.
formal to finish a piece of work or process etc properly and completely, especially so that you are ready to use the results of it: · By July the research team had concluded the main part of its work.· The police have now concluded their investigations.
to finish a performance, speech, meeting etc · When Sir George finished his speech there was a moment's silence.finish/end something by doing something · The priest ended the service by saying a short prayer.finish/end something with something · She ended her recital with an old French song.
to gradually end an event or activity such as a meeting, making sure that it finishes at the right time: · About 40 minutes after the interview starts, the interviewer will signal to you to start winding up.wind up something: · He was fired and the board would give him no more time to wind up his affairs.wind something up: · Mark wanted to wind the meeting up quickly because he had a plane to catch.
to formally finish a meeting, lesson, process etc: · The committee has brought to a close one of the longest-running Senate investigations ever.· Efforts must continue to bring the conflict to an end.
to formally or officially end a meeting, public event, speech etc by doing one final thing: conclude something with something: · This year, Muslims will conclude Ramadan with the usual festivities on April 15 or 16.conclude with: · He concluded with an appeal to everyone to support the campaign.conclude by doing something: · I'd like to conclude by thanking everyone who has worked so hard to make this conference possible.
to do something as a way of ending an event, performance etc in a suitable or satisfactory way: round off something: · To round off National Peace Week, a concert was organized in the park.round something off with something: · She served us a splendid dinner, rounded off with a marvellous orange mousse.· They rounded off the day with a barbecue at the beach.
to complete an event, performance, piece of work etc by doing one final thing that is necessary or suitable: · Please finish off now. The test will end in three minutes.· You can finish up the puzzle tomorrow morning. It's time for bed now.finish off/up something by doing something: · We finished off our vacation by spending two days in Santa Fe.finish off/up something with something: · Dan finished up his act with a joke about the Vice-President.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY To conclude, I’d like to express my thanks to my family.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
To conclude, I’d like to express my thanks to my family. formal (=agree a deal formally)· A deal between the two companies has now been concluded.
formal (=successfully finish arranging it)· In 1875 Japan and Russia concluded a treaty.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Are we to conclude therefore that eminence can not be allowed as a yardstick of creativity?· Do we therefore conclude that the beer consists of solid indivisible lumps of matter of that volume?· Some have therefore concluded that behaviour in this category can not be termed altruism at all.· His boss had therefore concluded that he should head up the technical team.· I therefore conclude, though not without some doubt, that there was consideration for the new agreement ....· We can therefore conclude that in these societies a different system of exchange or barter was used for basic daily transactions.· They therefore concluded that a lack of social relationships was a causal factor in the onset of neurosis.· Many on Wall Street have therefore concluded that something panicked the usually unflappable chairman.
NOUN· Around 40 percent of the businesses in each host country have concluded co-operation agreements as a direct result of the event.· The meeting concluded without formal agreement.· States which did not consider a customs union to be necessary could conclude agreements with the customs union on a free-trade zone.
· The authors concluded that creativity and psychotic symptomatology do indeed reflect equivalent forms of cognitive processing.· The authors of the study conclude that the flushing response probably deters individuals from drinking-or from drinking enough to trigger alcoholism.· The authors conclude that a combination of the last two models offers the best prospect of a full explanation.· That, the authors conclude, casts doubt on the refuge hypothesis.· The authors conclude that the risk of respiratory conditions resulting from passive smoking, although small, is not negligible. 2.· The authors concluded that genetic factors play a major role in the etiology of alcoholism in women.· The authors conclude that the improving image of the game drew a wider and more respectable public, including more women.· The author concludes by suggesting ways in which teachers can use and develop these activities in their own classroom.
· The Committee concluded that a commitment of extra resources was needed if significant further progress was to be made.· The Marre Committee concluded that unless the professions themselves initiated change, it would be forced upon them.· The Committee concluded, on balance, in favour of the second set of arguments.· The Shelmerdine Committee concluded that international civil aviation should be internationalized and placed under an international authority.· For permanent television, the Committee concluded, a larger control area will have to be provided.· The Committee concluded that, subject to some important amendments and undertakings relating to groundwater, the Bill should be allowed to proceed.
· A court or tribunal will be reluctant to conclude that your contract has been frustrated.· However, by far the majority of private company acquisitions are concluded by private contract.
· The Court of Appeal concluded that he ordinarily worked outside Great Britain and was therefore unable to pursue an unfair dismissal claim.· The court concluded that this pattern of behavior threatened working relationships that were vital to maintaining school operations and thus constituted insubordination.· We hope the court proceedings will be concluded quickly, so that the period of uncertainty is kept to a minimum.· The court concluded that it would be inconsistent with these purposes for it to confer tenure status on a teacher.· On the other hand, the Court concluded that the union could charge nonmembers for activities beyond local labor negotiations.· The court was driven to conclude that the jury would not necessarily have convicted had it been correctly directed.· The majority of the Court of Appeal concluded that the same principle should not apply in the case of such public authorities.
· In Mozart's absence, Constanze organized and concluded the deal.· The California Debt Advisory Commission has concluded that most lease-finance deals in the state have been well-managed.· Yermak concluded a deal with the then tsar which wiped out his past crimes for a surrender of his conquests.· In Warsaw he had been some sort of real-estate broker, but years had gone by without his having concluded any deals.· They have talked to Pisa, and hope to conclude a deal before the weekend.· By February 1956, Nasser was ready to conclude the deal.· One artist concluded his deal by standing on a cardboard box full of notes while Berry taped it up.· No reservations are allowed to the Convention, which was concluded as a package deal.
· In six percent of cases the report concluded that there was a high risk to health.· Their report of October 1988 concludes that the present is a critical time to establish such a center.· The report concludes with references to increase in long term unemployment and slump in business optimism.· The report would conclude that there was no evidence that the intelligence services were involved.· The 1989 report concluded that children receive greater exposure to pesticide residues than adults.· The report concluded that the Khmer Rouge tactic was proving successful and that grassroots sympathy for the group had probably been underestimated.· A policy Studies Institute report concluded that specialist money advice was helpful to debtors, particularly multiple debtors.
· But many other researchers have concluded that legal intervention is of extremely limited value in truancy cases.· The researchers concluded that the supportive atmosphere of the extended family had been sufficient to counterbalance the effects of the questionable diets.· Individual predisposition Psychological factors Most researchers have concluded that the premorbid personality is characterised by substantial emotional instability.· They need to provide better information and more evidence of courtesy, caring and professional competence, researchers concluded.· The real problem is that so many kids are uninterested in learning, researchers have concluded from a 10-year study.
· In concluding this section on subsurface detection, we may refer in passing to a controversial technique that has a few followers.· We conclude this section by demonstrating this equivalence.· The next chapter considers the legal and social aspects of selling which then concludes the section on the sales environment.· We conclude this section by identifying in more detail the tasks that each of the named roles implies.· Training To conclude this section it is necessary to point out a few things about the squad training sessions.· To conclude this section, we can, at last, refer to an experiment.· This concluding section will discuss these in turn.· We can conclude this section then by picking out a number of criticisms of the scientific management approach to organisations. 1.
· The study concluded that the economic prospects for the Teifi Valley are very poor.· Some previous studies had concluded that there are as many as 236, 000 firearm-related injuries in the United States yearly.· The authors of the study conclude that the flushing response probably deters individuals from drinking-or from drinking enough to trigger alcoholism.· Several case studies have been concluded.· Much of the clean-air act is aimed at acid rain, which a giant official study has concluded is virtually a non-problem.· One recent study concluded: These days, some truckers are more inclined to sport white collars than tank tops.
· Millett J. concluded that the treaty was a membership agreement, not one forming an agency relationship.· As an alternative to this bloc policy Khrushchev offered to conclude treaties of non-aggression and friendship with the states concerned.
VERB· The existence of judicial balancing should not lead us to conclude that all such balancing is necessarily premised on the same assumptions.· The fact that the date line was not drawn straight has led some to conclude that it is further malleable.· Observations of Freddy led them to conclude that dolphins use sonar while hunting.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
- As an alternative to this bloc policy Khrushchev offered to conclude treaties of non-aggression and friendship with the states concerned.
- States which did not consider a customs union to be necessary could conclude agreements with the customs union on a free-trade zone.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveconcludingconclusive ≠ inconclusivenounconclusionverbconcludeadverbconclusively ≠ inconclusively
1[transitive] to decide that something is true after considering all the information you haveconclude that The report concluded that the school should be closed immediately.conclude from something that Richardson concluded from his studies that equality between the sexes is still a long way off.GRAMMARIn more formal English, you can say it is concluded that something is true: · It was concluded that the treatment should be stopped.2[transitive] formal to complete something you have been doing, especially for a long time: When the investigation is concluded, the results will be sent to the US Attorney’s office. Francis, having concluded his business with James, left for Miami.► see thesaurus at finish3[intransitive, transitive] to end something such as a meeting, book, event, or speech by doing or saying one final thingconclude with Each chapter concludes with a short summary.conclude by doing something She concluded by saying she was proud to be from Salford. To conclude, I’d like to express my thanks to my family. ‘So now,’ she concluded, ‘I’m trying to bring some order to the garden.’4conclude an agreement/treaty/contract etc to finish arranging an agreement etc successfully: That same year, France concluded a trading agreement with Spain.