concluding
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Occurring at or forming an end or termination: Used to describe something that serves as the final part or brings something to a close.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The speaker's concluding remarks summarized the entire conference.
- The concluding chapter of the book ties all the plotlines together.
- We listened carefully to the judge's concluding statement.
Advanced Usage
- "Concluding" as a participial adjective: Often used to modify nouns related to speeches, events, or written works to indicate their final segment.
- The concluding paragraph of your essay should restate your thesis.
- Used in formal or official contexts to denote the part that finalizes proceedings.
- The treaty's concluding section outlines the responsibilities of each nation.
Variants and Related Words
- Conclude (verb): To bring to an end; to arrive at a judgment or decision.
- The meeting will conclude at noon.
- Conclusion (noun): The end or finish of an event, process, or text; a judgment or decision reached by reasoning.
- The conclusion of the movie was unexpected.
- Conclusive (adjective): Serving to prove a case; decisive or convincing.
- The DNA test provided conclusive evidence.
Synonyms
- Final: Pertaining to or coming at the end; last in a series.
- Terminal: Forming or situated at the end or extremity of something.
- Last: Coming after all others in time or order.
Antonyms
- Opening: Coming at the beginning; initial.
- Introductory: Serving as an introduction; preliminary.
- Beginning: The point in time or space at which something starts.
Adjective
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- his concluding words came as a surprise
- the final chapter
- the last days of the dinosaurs
- terminal leave