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  • Noun

conclusion

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I never like to reach the conclusion of a really good book because I don’t like coming to the story’s end. I often like the characters in my favorite books right away, so by the last page or the conclusion, I don’t want to leave them. I begin to think of the characters as real people—maybe even friends—so at the story’s conclusion I am sad to let them go. I wish someone would write a book that didn’t have a conclusion or ending but just kept going and going!

Quiz: What is an example of a conclusion?

  • The part of a book where you stop reading on any given day.
  • The part of the day right before you eat dinner.
  • The final minutes of a movie right before it ends.

Memory Hook
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Conch Shell Illusion I've reached the conclusion that conch shells are but an illusion, and so soon will all disappear since they never really existed in the first place!

Examples
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  • But by 9:00 A.M. I had pretty much come to the conclusion that Ob had overslept not because he had made a mistake but because deep down he was finished. — Missing May
  • I wanted a conclusion to the story. — Moon Over Manifest
  • Adam's conclusion is that "songbirds need to exercise their vocal muscles to produce top-performance song." — NPR
  • What was a devastating week for Washington came to a conclusion on Friday when Kalen DeBoer left the school to take the head job at Alabama and the chance at being Nick Saban’s replacement with the Crimson Tide. — USA Today

Word Ingredients
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con thoroughly
clus shut, closed
ion act, state, or result of doing something

The conclusion of something, such as a play or game, is the part which “thoroughly closes” it, that is, its end.

Word Theater
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HowCast: How to Write a Conclusion How to write a good conclusion to a paper.
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Word Constellation
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Conclusion

Word Variants
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conclude v to end or finish; figure out