Present participle of conclude; bringing something to an end or reaching a final decision or judgment about something.
From Latin 'concludere' meaning to shut up or enclose, from 'con-' (together) plus 'claudere' (to close). The sense evolved from physically closing something to mentally closing an argument or finishing a process.
The beautiful logic of 'concluding' lies in its etymology - we literally 'close together' our thoughts when we reach a conclusion. This spatial metaphor of closure for mental processes appears across many languages, suggesting something fundamental about how humans conceptualize thinking.
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