concluding, final, last, terminal
(adjective) occurring at or forming an end or termination; āhis concluding words came as a surpriseā; āthe final chapterā; āthe last days of the dinosaursā; āterminal leaveā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
concluding
Finishing; closing; final.
(obsolete) Conclusive; convincing; decisive.
concluding
present participle of conclude
concluding (plural concludings)
A conclusion.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*clude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Concluding.] Etym: [L. concludere, conclusum; con- + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t.]
1. To shut up; to inclose. [Obs.] The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave. Hooker.
2. To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace. [Obs.] For God hath concluded all in unbelief. Rom. xi. 32. The Scripture hath concluded all under sin. Gal. iii. 22.
3. To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause. No man can conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him. Tillotson. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith. Rom. iii. 28.
4. To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide. But no frail man, however great or high, Can be concluded blest before he die. Addison. Is it concluded he shall be protector Shak.
5. To bring to an end; to close; to finish. I will conclude this part with the speech of a counselor of state. Bacon.
6. To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain. "If we conclude a peace." Shak.
7. To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument. If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it. Sir M. Hale.
Syn.
– To infer; decide; determine; settle; close; finish; terminate; end.
Con*clude", v. i.
1. To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate. A train of lies, That, made in lust, conclude in perjuries. Dryden. And, to conclude, The victory fell on us. Shak.
2. To form a final judgment; to reach a decision. Can we conclude upon Luther's instability Bp. Atterbury. Conclude and be agreed. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; āin the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearingā
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
