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{
"term": "conclude",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "conclude",
"heSheIt": "concludes"
},
"pastSimple": "concluded",
"pastParticiple": "concluded",
"ingForm": "concluding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to decide or believe something as a result of what you have heard or seen",
"sensetop": "conclude somethingconclude something from somethingconclude (that)…conclude from something that…it is concluded that…+ speech",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It is too early for us to conclude anything.",
"contextForm": "conclude something"
},
{
"text": "What do you conclude from that?",
"contextForm": "conclude something from something"
},
{
"text": "The **report concluded** (that) the cheapest option was to close the laboratory.",
"contextForm": "conclude (that)…"
},
{
"text": "He concluded from their remarks that they were not in favour of the plan.",
"contextForm": "conclude from something that…"
},
{
"text": "It was concluded that the level of change necessary would be low.",
"contextForm": "it is concluded that…"
},
{
"text": "‘So it should be safe to continue,’ he concluded.",
"contextForm": "+ speech"
},
{
"text": "‘There really isn't much hope left,’ she concluded."
},
{
"text": "It was concluded that there was little that could be done."
},
{
"text": "Whatever you conclude, remember that there are certain things we may not know."
}
],
"topics": ["Scientific research"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to come to an end; to bring something to an end",
"sensetop": "conclude with somethingconclude by doing somethingconclude somethingconclude something with somethingconclude+ speech",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "This was how the negotiations finally concluded."
},
{
"text": "Let me make just a few concluding remarks."
},
{
"text": "the concluding chapter of the book"
},
{
"text": "The programme concluded with Stravinsky's ‘Rite of Spring’.",
"contextForm": "conclude with something"
},
{
"text": "He concluded by wishing everyone a safe trip home.",
"contextForm": "conclude by doing something"
},
{
"text": "The commission concluded its investigation last month.",
"contextForm": "conclude something"
},
{
"text": "And that concludes our programme for today."
},
{
"text": "The main responsibility of a salesperson is to conclude a sale successfully."
},
{
"text": "She concluded her speech with a quotation from Shakespeare.",
"contextForm": "conclude something with something"
},
{
"text": "‘Anyway, she should be back soon,’ he concluded.",
"contextForm": "conclude+ speech"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to arrange and settle an agreement with somebody formally and finally",
"sensetop": "conclude something (with somebody)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They concluded a treaty with Turkey."
},
{
"text": "A trade agreement was concluded between the two countries."
},
{
"text": "The problems arose from the failure to conclude a new agreement."
}
],
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈkluːd/",
"audio": "xc/conclude/xconclude__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈkluːdz/",
"audio": "xc/conclude/xconcludes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈkluːdɪd/",
"audio": "xc/conclude/xconcluded__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈkluːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "xc/conclude/xconcluding__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈkluːd/",
"audio": "xc/conclude/xconclude__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈkluːdz/",
"audio": "xc/conclude/xconcludes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈkluːdɪd/",
"audio": "xc/conclude/xconcluded__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈkluːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "xc/conclude/xconcluding__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘convince’): from Latin concludere, from con- ‘completely’ + claudere ‘to shut’."
}