conclusion
- noun
- /kənˈkluːʒən/
- I just don't believe in jumping to conclusions with insufficient evidence.
- jump to conclusions
- hasty conclusions
Again, notice these sweeping conclusions on Baudrillard's part.
- Again, notice these sweeping conclusions on Baudrillard's part.
- And they draw sweeping conclusions that can't really be supported.
- Is is landing on a conclusion when you don't have all the information.
- So confusion is way better than silly conclusions that people are making about life.
- And the biggest theme here is the people are drawing conclusions that are not statistically sound.
- So from just one assumption, we have drawn a whole bunch of conclusions here.
- They're better at coming up with good reasons for bad conclusions.
- Now listen, before anybody jumps down my throat or jumps to any conclusions, all right?
- And I think there's a lot of conclusion jumping that goes on in in.
- And it's tied to the the conclusion, the false conclusion.
- And then he actually made a an assumption or he and a conclusion that is really quite astonishing.
- It's it's some, you know, terrible kind of a conclusion.
- Listen, before you judge me and just to any conclusions, OK?
Examples
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It was easy to jump to the conclusion that she was upset without asking her how she felt.
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Nonetheless, it would be a mistake to jump to a hurried conclusion about responsibility for this bombing.
Blog text (8) -
And I, I naturally kind of fell into that conclusion too, over years of trying things.
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I think any other conclusion would be very destructive.
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We both started from a mistaken conclusion.
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Let's not jump to conclusions.
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Phil's uncle reached his conclusions before he knew all the facts.
Academic text (1990) -
Some employers will jump to the conclusion that anyone over 50 is not technologically savvy.
Blog text (12) -
Many people often reach a conclusion based on their personal beliefs rather than the facts.
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She formed the conclusion that the event was poorly planned after seeing the disorganization.
Synonyms
A person's view about something
A guess or idea made without enough proof
An opinion people have that is not based on proof
An opinion formed without enough proof, like a guess
A conclusion you reach from evidence and reasoning
An idea accepted as true without proof used as a basis for thinking or action
An opinion you form before you have enough facts that makes you judge unfairly
An opinion you form before you have enough facts
An idea based on little evidence
An opinion made before you know all the facts
An idea people accept without proof and use to build an argument
An opinion you form before you know enough facts
Antonyms
Compounds
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember conclusion is to think of con- 'together' and cludere 'to close', the same root as English close; if you 'close' a case too quickly you may make a guess without all the facts, which is this sense of a conclusion.