transcription, транскрипция: [ kənklu:ʒ(ə)n ]
( conclusions)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When you come to a conclusion , you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
Over the years I’ve come to the conclusion that she’s a very great musician...
I have tried to give some idea of how I feel–other people will no doubt draw their own conclusions.
N-COUNT : oft N that
2.
The conclusion of something is its ending.
At the conclusion of the programme, I asked the children if they had any questions they wanted to ask me.
= end
N-SING : also no det , usu with supp
3.
The conclusion of a treaty or a business deal is the act of arranging it or agreeing it.
...the expected conclusion of a free-trade agreement between Mexico and the United States.
N-SING : usu with supp
4.
You can refer to something that seems certain to happen as a foregone conclusion .
It was a foregone conclusion that I would end up in the same business as him...
= certainty
PHRASE : oft it v-link PHR that
5.
You say ‘ in conclusion ’ to indicate that what you are about to say is the last thing that you want to say.
In conclusion, walking is a cheap, safe, enjoyable and readily available form of exercise.
PHRASE : PHR with cl
6.
If you say that someone jumps to a conclusion , you are critical of them because they decide too quickly that something is true, when they do not know all the facts.
I didn’t want her to jump to the conclusion that the divorce was in any way her fault...
PHRASE : V and N inflect , oft PHR that [ disapproval ]