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conclusion 1. the last main division of a speech, lecture, essay, etc. 2. Logic a. a statement that purports to follow from another or others (the premises) by means of an argument b. a statement that does validly follow from given premises 3. Law a. an admission or statement binding on the party making it; estoppel b. the close of a pleading or of a conveyance |
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A political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief. Smith often jumps to conclusions he has not given the reader cause to accept, using verb forms such as "must have been" and "surely is," for example, which would be more accurate if softened to "might have been" and "would seem to be. ``We need to have an analysis of why response time has gone up way before anyone jumps to conclusions as to why,'' said Weiss, whose committee requested that the chief administrative officer examine the factors affecting response time. |
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