concluding
結論として
解説 Definition
concluding は conclude（終える、結論を出す）の現在分詞形で、「結びの」「締めくくりの」という意味です。「結論として」と訳せる場合もありますが、名詞を修飾して最後の部分を表す用法がよく使われます。
Concluding describes something that forms or belongs to the final part of a speech, text, event, or process. It commonly modifies nouns such as sentence, remarks, paragraph, chapter, or section.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
concluding は conclude の語末の無音の e を落として -ing を付けた形で、ここでは concluding sentence、concluding remarks、concluding section のように名詞を修飾し「結びの」を表します。副詞的な「結論として」なら in conclusion が一般的なので、用法を分けて覚えましょう。
Connect concluding with the verb conclude, “to bring to an end.” To form concluding, drop the silent final e of conclude before adding -ing. Picture the last sentence closing a paragraph or the final remarks closing a speech; this matches common phrases such as concluding sentence, concluding remarks, and concluding section. Here the word functions as an adjective meaning “final” or “closing.” Do not automatically use it as a direct replacement for the linking phrase “in conclusion,” which is the usual way to introduce a final summary.
例文
The concluding sentence is clear and short.
結びの文は明確で短いです。
She thanked everyone in her concluding remarks.
彼女は締めくくりの言葉で皆に感謝しました。
The report gives a simple answer in the concluding section.
その報告書は結論の部分で簡潔な答えを示しています。
concluding の類義語・関連語
concluding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
concluding は conclude に -ing が付いた形で、conclude はラテン語 con-「共に」+ claudere「閉じる」に由来し、古フランス語を経て英語へ入りました。もとは「話を閉じて終える」感覚で、そこから「結論の・締めくくりの」意味になります。関連語は close, exclude。
Concluding is the -ing form of conclude, with the silent final e removed before the suffix is added. Conclude came through French and Latin from Latin concludere, formed from con-, “together,” and claudere, “to shut or close.” The underlying image is that of closing something. From physically closing came the senses of ending a discussion and reaching a judgment, which support the adjectival meaning “forming the final part.”
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