concluding

10 3.1

At the end of something that finishes it

adjective
/kənˈkluːdɪŋ/

: conclusivo

We have reached the concluding chapter of the novel.

Examples

All right, this is the concluding lecture for financial markets.
I'm going to offer some quick concluding remarks and some thanks.
Now, can we move on to the concluding performance?
And as Steve said in concluding, remember, stay hungry and stay foolish.
So I think that brings us kind of to to the concluding point, which I think I'm good on my timing, which is trust.
Now I want to make some concluding remarks about about Churchill and temperament in Ireland.
Just two years prior, he had celebrated an extravagant quadruple triumph for concluding his four wars in Gaul, Egypt, Pontus and Numidia.
Just two years prior he had celebrated an extravagant quadruple triumph for concluding his four wars in Gaul, Egypt, Pontus and Numidia.
CONCLUDING STATEMENT

Academic text (2006)
The professor provided some concluding thoughts at the end of the seminar.

Synonyms

last

vsconcluding

∞ 1.0

At the end and cannot be changed

describes forming the end part without the rank or permanence focus

final

vsconcluding

∞ 1.0

Last and cannot be changed or reversed

means forming the end but not necessarily unchangeable

closing

vsconcluding

167 2.5

Happening at the end of an event or period

is about forming the final part and bringing things to a close

terminal

vsconcluding

25 5.6

At the final part of something, especially in time or a process

focuses more on ending something and completing it

Antonyms

beginning

∞ 1.0

The first part of something when it starts

opening

450 1.0

Happening at the beginning of an event or period

How Final

concluding

10 3.1

closing

182 2.3

middle

∞ 1.0

opening

358 1.0

Surface Forms

concluding positive

Morphology

concluding = conclude (transparent) = conclude + ing

A standard participial/adjectival formation from the verb 'conclude', so the adjectival meaning is directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

The word concluding comes from the Latin parts con- ('together') and cludere ('to shut'), and it shares the same root as the everyday word close. So a concluding part is the 'closing' or final part that brings something to an end.