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Similar meaning 12

Concluding 84% connected

of Conclude

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Concluding 84% connected

of Conclude

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Final 84% connected

Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.

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Final 84% connected

Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Last 84% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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Last 84% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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Numbered 84% connected

of Number

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Numbered 84% connected

of Number

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Terminal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

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Terminal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

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Terminative 84% connected

Tending or serving to terminate; terminating; determining; definitive.

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Terminative 84% connected

Tending or serving to terminate; terminating; determining; definitive.

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Narrower term 10

Anticlimax 76% connected

A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.

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Bathos 76% connected

A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

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Coda 76% connected

A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.

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Consummation 76% connected

The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life).

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Epilogue 76% connected

A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.

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Finale 76% connected

Close; termination

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Finishing 76% connected

of Finish

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Graduation 76% connected

The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evapor…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Peroration 76% connected

The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument.

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Broader term 12

Approach 76% connected

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

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Approaching 76% connected

of Approach

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Coming 76% connected

of Come

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Motility 76% connected

Capability of motion; contractility.

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Subdivision 76% connected

The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.

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Termination 76% connected

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Derivationally related 10

Climax 74% connected

Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

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Climax 74% connected

Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

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Close 74% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Close 74% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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End 74% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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End 74% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Shut 74% connected

of Shut

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Shut 74% connected

of Shut

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Stop 74% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Stop 74% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Containing whole 5

Address 70% connected

To aim; to direct.

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Narration 70% connected

The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

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Recital 70% connected

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

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Speech 70% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Yarn 70% connected

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting,…

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Synonym 8

Close 92% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Closure 92% connected

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Completion 92% connected

The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Conclusion 92% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Culmination 92% connected

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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End 92% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ending 92% connected

of End

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Shutting 92% connected

of Shut

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