Definition

1. 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

1. 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