Concluded Conclude Kənˈkluːd Verb Early Report Cheapest Option

• it is too early for us to conclude anything.
• what do you conclude from that?
• the report concluded (that) the cheapest option was to close the laboratory.
• he concluded from their remarks that they were not in favour of the plan.

conclude

Verb Forms

1. to decide or believe something as a result of what you have heard or seen
• It is too early for us to conclude anything.
• What do you conclude from that?
• The report concluded (that) the cheapest option was to close the laboratory.
• He concluded from their remarks that they were not in favour of the plan.
• It was concluded that the level of change necessary would be low.
• ‘So it should be safe to continue,’ he concluded.

Extra Examples

• ‘There really isn't much hope left,’ she concluded.
• It was concluded that there was little that could be done.
• Whatever you conclude, remember that there are certain things we may not know.
2. to come to an end; to bring something to an end
• This was how the negotiations finally concluded.
• Let me make just a few concluding remarks.
• the concluding chapter of the book
• The programme concluded with Stravinsky's ‘Rite of Spring’.
• He concluded by wishing everyone a safe trip home.
• The commission concluded its investigation last month.
• And that concludes our programme for today.
• The main responsibility of a salesperson is to conclude a sale successfully.
• She concluded her speech with a quotation from Shakespeare.
• ‘Anyway, she should be back soon,’ he concluded.
3. to arrange and settle an agreement with somebody formally and finally
• They concluded a treaty with Turkey.
• A trade agreement was concluded between the two countries.
• The problems arose from the failure to conclude a new agreement.

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the sense ‘convince’): from Latin concludere, from con- ‘completely’ + claudere ‘to shut’.