v. 25B6; verb
the meeting concluded at ten : FINISH, end, draw to a close, be over, stop, cease.
he concluded the press conference : BRING TO AN END, close, wind up, terminate, dissolve; round off; informal wrap up.
an attempt to conclude a ceasefire : NEGOTIATE, broker, agree, come to terms on, settle, clinch, finalize, tie up; bring about, arrange, effect, engineer; informal sew up.
I concluded that he was rather unpleasant : DEDUCE, infer, gather, judge, decide, conjecture, surmise; N. Amer. figure; informal reckon.
commence.