Synonyms: conclude, reason, reason out
Definition: decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
Usage: We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house
Similar words: think, cogitate, cerebrate
Definition: use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
Usage: I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere
Synonyms: conclude
Definition: bring to a close
Usage: The committee concluded the meeting
Definition: bring to an end or halt
Usage: She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime; The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I
Definition: reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation
Similar words: concord, concur, agree, hold
Definition: be in accord; be in agreement
Usage: We agreed on the terms of the settlement; I can't agree with you!; I hold with those who say life is sacred; Both philosophers concord on this point
Synonyms: conclude
Definition: reach agreement on
Usage: They concluded an economic agreement; We concluded a cease-fire
Similar words: agree
Definition: achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose
Usage: No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman
Definition: come to a close
Usage: The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin
Similar words: cease, stop, terminate, finish, end
Definition: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Usage: the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed; Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other; My property ends by the bushes; The symphony ends in a pianissimo