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concluding

kuhn-KLOO-ding/kənˈkluːdɪŋ/

Noun pluralconcludings

4 meanings of concluding

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Coming at the very end of something.

    Like the last page of a story book.

    The concluding scene of the movie made everyone cry.

    Her concluding words thanked everyone on the team.

    Similarfinal, closing, last

    Oppositeopening, introductory, initial, first

  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle of conclude. Use this -ing form for something ending right now.

    The teacher is concluding the lesson with a quick quiz.

    We are concluding our trip with a visit to the coast.

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  3. 3
    nouncountable
    An ending, or a final decision reached about something.
    He who obeys not the good Shepherd of the soul and heart has an untruthful mind; a mind filled with fallacies; a mind of wrong resolvings and concludings.
    1965, Ann Ree Colton, The soul and the ethicHere, concludings means final decisions or judgments reached about things.

    Similarconclusion, end, close

    Oppositebeginning

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Less common meaning

  1. 4
    adjectiveobsolete
    Strong enough to settle a question for certain.
    But if such Persons chafe and are angry, and so go from you, 'tis to me a very concluding Argument that they are not as yet very fit to be Members of the Community of Christ's Church.
    1719, Thomas Davye, Joseph StokesHere, concluding means strong enough to settle the question for certain.
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concluding is a form of conclude

conclude, verb: To finish or close something, such as a meeting or speech. Full entry

Forms
concludeconcludes he/she/itconcluding -ing formconcluded past tense, past participle
Spelling
conclude → concluding: drop the e, add -ing

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