(~s, concluding, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
Larry had ~d that he had no choice but to accept Paul’s words as the truth...
So what can we ~ from this debate?...
‘The situation in the inner cities is bad and getting worse,’ she ~d.
VERB: V that, V n from n, V with quote
2.
When you ~, you say the last thing that you are going to say. (FORMAL)
‘It’s a waste of time,’ he ~d...
I would like to ~ by saying that I do enjoy your magazine.
? begin
VERB: V with quote, V
concluding
On the radio I caught Mr Hague’s concluding remarks at the Blackpool conference.
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
When something ~s, or when you ~ it, you end it. (FORMAL)
The evening ~d with dinner and speeches...
The Group of Seven major industrial countries ~d its annual summit meeting today.
= end
? begin
VERB: V adv/prep, V n
4.
If one person or group ~s an agreement, such as a treaty or business deal, with another, they arrange it. You can also say that two people or groups ~ an agreement. (FORMAL)
Mexico and the Philippines have both ~d agreements with their commercial bank creditors...
If the clubs cannot ~ a deal, an independent tribunal will decide.
V-RECIP: V n with n, pl-n V n