MEANING
1. To arrive at a judgment after considering information.
2. To finish an activity or formally complete an agreement.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- conclude from evidence
- reasonably conclude
On the page
The researchers concluded that further testing was necessary.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- conclude
- Past tense
- concluded
- Past participle
- concluded
- Present participle
- concluding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- conclude
- Present continuous
- am/is/are concluding
- Present perfect
- have/has concluded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been concluding
- Past
- concluded
- Past continuous
- was/were concluding
- Past perfect
- had concluded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been concluding
- Future
- will conclude
- Future continuous
- will be concluding
- Future perfect
- will have concluded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been concluding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: conclude; concludes; concluded; concluded; concluding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: concludes.
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