Noun
- 1. decision, determination, conclusion, judgment, judgement, mind
- usage: a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"
- 2. conclusion, assumption, supposition, supposal
- usage: an intuitive assumption; "jump to a conclusion"
- 3. stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close, end, ending
- usage: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
- 4. ending, conclusion, finish, happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
- usage: event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"
- 5. conclusion, ratiocination, proposition
- usage: the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
- 6. termination, ending, conclusion, change of state
- usage: the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
- 7. conclusion, settlement
- usage: a final settlement; "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty"
- 8. conclusion, end, close, closing, ending, section, subdivision
- usage: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
- 9. decision, determination, conclusion, choice, selection, option, pick
- usage: the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
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