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conclusion
A	noun
	1	decision, determination, conclusion
			the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚choice; selection; option; pick ╚decision, determination, conclusion ╚resolution ╚casting lots; drawing lots; sortition ╚move ╚call ╚appointment; assignment; designation; naming
	2	termination, ending, conclusion
			the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚change of state ╚termination, ending, conclusion ╚destruction; devastation ╚dismissal; dismission; discharge; firing; liberation; release; sack; sacking ╚adjournment; dissolution ╚overthrow ╚dissolution; breakup ╚relinquishment; relinquishing ╚retirement ╚completion; culmination; closing; windup; mop up ╚release; tone ending ╚demonetization; demonetisation
	3	conclusion
			an intuitive assumption; "jump to a conclusion"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚concept; conception; construct ╚hypothesis; possibility; theory ╚assumption; supposition; supposal ╚conclusion ╚non sequitur
	4	decision, determination, conclusion
			a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚belief ╚opinion; sentiment; persuasion; view; thought ╚judgment; judgement; mind ╚decision, determination, conclusion ╚predeterminaation
	5	conclusion, end, close, closing, ending
			the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚section; subdivision ╚conclusion, end, close, closing, ending ╚finale; coda ╚peroration ╚epilogue; epilog ╚epilogue; epilog ╚anticlimax; bathos
	6	conclusion, ratiocination
			the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚proposition ╚conclusion, ratiocination
	7	conclusion
			a final settlement; "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚agreement; understanding ╚settlement ╚conclusion
	8	ending, conclusion, finish
			event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚ending, conclusion, finish ╚victory; triumph ╚stop; halt ╚omega; Z ╚destruction; demolition; wipeout ╚foregone conclusion; matter of course ╚result; resultant; final result; outcome; termination ╚end; last; final stage
	9	stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close
			the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚point; point in time ╚end; ending ╚stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close

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