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# conclusion

«conclusion» in Mova's school dictionary: **the end or last part of something, such as a story, essay…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a conclusion, conclusions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A conclusion is the end or last part of something, such as a story, essay or meeting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conclusion/#m1)

2) A conclusion is what you decide is true after thinking about the facts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conclusion/#m2)

3) In science, the conclusion of an experiment says what the results show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conclusion/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons you write a conclusion after an investigation. In writing, an essay ends with a conclusion. In maths, a conclusion is your final answer with reasoning. Phrases: «come to a conclusion», «draw a conclusion», «jump to conclusions», «in conclusion».

### examples

- In conclusion, plants need light to grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conclusion/#x1)
- Write a conclusion for your experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conclusion/#x2)
- Don't jump to conclusions — listen first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conclusion/#x3)
- We came to the conclusion that the dog ate the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conclusion/#x4)
- The story's conclusion was happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conclusion/#x5)
- What conclusion can you draw from the graph? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conclusion/#x6)
- [The conclusion of this story is somewhat obscure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conclusion/#x7)

### note

Countable. Verb: conclude. «Jump to conclusions» means decide too fast without facts. «In conclusion» starts the last part of an essay.

### In the corpora

- [Chatbots have a typical style, with words like "furthermore" and "in conclusion", that teachers learn to notice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/9/)
- [A balanced argument presents points for and against, then gives a conclusion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/14/)
- [Agreeing to disagree means accepting that thoughtful people can reach different conclusions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect/13/)
- [That is jumping to conclusions: deciding the answer first and checking afterwards, or never.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions/4/)
- [Jumping to conclusions means deciding what happened before looking at the evidence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «conclusion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conclusion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.