conclusion

«conclusion» in Mova's school dictionary: the end or last part of something, such as a story, essay… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a conclusion, conclusions)

meaning for a pupil

1) A conclusion is the end or last part of something, such as a story, essay or meeting. tree →

2) A conclusion is what you decide is true after thinking about the facts. tree →

3) In science, the conclusion of an experiment says what the results show. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons you write a conclusion after an investigation. In writing, an essay ends with a conclusion. In maths, a conclusion is your final answer with reasoning. Phrases: «come to a conclusion», «draw a conclusion», «jump to conclusions», «in conclusion».

examples

• In conclusion, plants need light to grow. tree →
• Write a conclusion for your experiment. tree →
• Don't jump to conclusions — listen first. tree →
• We came to the conclusion that the dog ate the cake. tree →
• The story's conclusion was happy. tree →
• What conclusion can you draw from the graph? tree →
• [The conclusion of this story is somewhat obscure. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: conclude. «Jump to conclusions» means decide too fast without facts. «In conclusion» starts the last part of an essay.

In the corpora

• Chatbots have a typical style, with words like "furthermore" and "in conclusion", that teachers learn to notice.
• A balanced argument presents points for and against, then gives a conclusion.
• Agreeing to disagree means accepting that thoughtful people can reach different conclusions.
• That is jumping to conclusions: deciding the answer first and checking afterwards, or never.
• Jumping to conclusions means deciding what happened before looking at the evidence.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «conclusion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.