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Added 9 October 2026

conclude

/kənˈkluːd/ verb

Latin root: conclūdere Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about conclude at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To end; to come to an end.
The story concluded with a moral.
To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
to conclude a bargain

Origin

From Middle English concluden, borrowed from Latin conclūdere (“to shut up, close, end”).

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