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A result that is already known and therefore is taken for granted. The term comes from Shakespeare’s Othello (3.3), in which, after hearing Iago’s lie about Cassio talking in his sleep of his love affair with Desdemona, Othello says this “dream” is a “foregone conclusion”—that is, it clearly denotes that his wife has been unfaithful to him with Cassio (as Iago intended him to believe all along). Some four centuries later the term is still around: “But it could be argued that it was a surprise so many Spaniards were prepared to take part in a vote which was a foregone conclusion” ( Economist, Feb.
Ending the Essay: Conclusions. So much is at stake in writing a conclusion. This is, after all.
Let me acknowledge that there was much need of self-persuasion to arrive at this conclusion.The banquet drew to its conclusion, and the guests departed.I came to the conclusion that I was entirely wrong in my course.Nor was there in this her conclusion anything of chagrin, or pettish self-humiliation.His quick wits jump to the conclusion that Iago, 'this honest creature!' What warning is contained in the Conclusion of the Commandments?He tried to remember how he had come to the conclusion that was alone in his rested mind.Since I've been studying him and watching him, I have come to the conclusion that he is much older than I am.Her face was so distressed that Linda's nimble brain flew to a conclusion.At last the negotiations with the Mamunds began to reach a conclusion. RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR CONCLUSION.
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