Definitions
the act of making up your mind about something
Word origin
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French conclusion, from Latin conclūsiō, from the past participle stem of conclūdere (“to conclude”), from con- + claudō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). By surface analysis, conclude + -sion.
Used in a sentence
“At the end of the seventh hour, a flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest; […]”
“The board has come to the conclusion that the proposed takeover would not be in the interest of our shareholders.”
“[I]n her boſome Ile vnclaſpe my heart, / And take her hearing priſoner with the force / And ſtrong incounter of my amorous tale: / Then after to her father will I breake, / And the concluſion is, ſhe ſhal be thine, [...]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Final judgment”10 letters
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