The difference between Begin and Conclude
When used as verbs, begin means to start, to initiate or take the first step into something, whereas conclude means to end.
Begin is also noun with the meaning: beginning.
check bellow for the other definitions of Begin and Conclude
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Begin as a verb (ambitransitive):
To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
Examples:
"I began playing the piano at the age of five. Now that everyone is here, we should begin the presentation."
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Begin as a verb (intransitive):
To be in the first stage of some situation
Examples:
"usex The program begins at 9 o'clock on the dot. I rushed to get to class on time, but the lesson had already begun."
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Begin as a verb (intransitive):
To come into existence.
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Begin as a noun (nonstandard):
Beginning; start.
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Conclude as a verb (intransitive):
To end; to come to an end.
Examples:
"The story concluded with a moral."
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Conclude as a verb (transitive):
To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
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Conclude as a verb (transitive):
To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
Examples:
"to conclude a bargain"
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Conclude as a verb (transitive):
To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
Examples:
"From the evidence, I conclude that this man was murdered."
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Conclude as a verb (obsolete):
To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
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Conclude as a verb:
To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar;generally in the passive.
Examples:
"The defendant is concluded by his own plea."
"A judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence."
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Conclude as a verb (obsolete):
To shut up; to enclose.
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Conclude as a verb (obsolete):
To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.
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Conclude as a verb (logic):
to deduce, to infer