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conclusive

[kuhn-kloo-siv]

adjective

serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.

tending to terminate; closing.

Origin:
1580–90; < Late Latin conclūsīvus, equivalent to Latin conclūs(us) (past participle of conclūdere to conclude; see conclusion) + -īvus -ive

Related forms

con·clu·sive·ly, adverb

con·clu·sive·ness, noun

non·con·clu·sive, adjective

non·con·clu·sive·ly, adverb

non·con·clu·sive·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. definitive, determining.

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Example Sentences

The evidence thus far is direct and conclusive as to the guilt of both prisoners.

His results were not as conclusive as he had hoped.

The evidence linking al-Qaeda to the bombings is still not conclusive.

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The evidence thus far is direct and conclusive as to the guilt of both prisoners.

His results were not as conclusive as he had hoped.

The evidence linking al-Qaeda to the bombings is still not conclusive.

The first conclusive evidence comes from spearheads tainted with the residue of horse protein.

Evolution cannot be done as an experiment in a lab to provide conclusive proof that it really does happen.

It finds no conclusive evidence of the conflagration's cause, which remains an open question.

With morning comes a conclusive and spectacular answer.

Environmental regulators, however, often want conclusive human data before taking action.

The familiar mirror test gives no conclusive results in his opinion.

There may not be conclusive evidence to prove the premise but intuitively the claim seems valid.

But the site of the village-and conclusive evidence about the fate of the colonists-has eluded historians and archaeologists.

Although tantalizing, these data were not conclusive.

Though there were rumors of sightings of him and of his execution, there is still nothing conclusive about what happened to him.

There's so much individual difference that it's hard to do what science likes to do and make conclusive statements.

The fact that a revolver was found beside the body with one chamber empty is accepted as conclusive proof that he killed himself.

Yet banking regulators wait for conclusive proof of danger ahead before they act.

However, conclusive proof of this hybridization has not yet been established.

Hematocrit etc are indirect markers, and not conclusive of anything but a need to be suspicious.

But the fact that the detectors haven't seen anything conclusive yet puts limits on how heavy and large the particles can.

Veterinarians are thus far stumped for a conclusive reason.

His defenders' attempts to rescue his reputation have been less than conclusive.

But there's no conclusive evidence about whether caffeine is harmful to children in small amounts.

Your study has show nothing but your illusory, and imaginary distortion of the facts with no conclusive evidence.

Herrel's claim that his computer was hacked means that server logs, even if available, would not be conclusive.

In all of his crimes, the attacker wore a ski mask and left no conclusive physical evidence.

Polls conducted after the fall of the unlamented colonel do not show a conclusive uptick in the president's.

There is no conclusive evidence at this time that any one part of the brain is responsible for this phenomenon.

But it remains to be seen how conclusive their examination can be, given that an audit log on the machines was turned off.

But he said that to the best of his knowledge there has not been conclusive work linking the ultrasound of plants to insect.

But eight years and a financial market implosion later, we're still stunningly short of anything resembling conclusive evidence.

The point here is to draw more conclusive evidence to correlate drilling/fracking to health and environmental issues.

However, they refrained from interpreting the displays as conclusive evidence of grief.

But nutritional testing is about as conclusive as whether there's life after death.

The food industry argues the results are far from conclusive.

Regardless, the study as described is hardly conclusive of the spin this article puts on it.

Neither investigation has yet come up with conclusive evidence of actual conspiracies.

The empirical evidence, however, is less than conclusive.

He had every test in the book and no one could come up with any conclusive answer as to why this happened.

Many explanations have been offered for why night bruxism occurs and who is at risk, without conclusive proof.

The absence of hoarding is not conclusive proof of speculators' innocence.

Like it says in the article it is not conclusive about all gay people.

Portugal's track-record provides conclusive evidence that every cloud has a silver lining.

And his statement as to the impossibility is overly conclusive.

These and many more questions merit a conclusive comparative study on its own.

It is often stated, without conclusive evidence, that many creatures do not experience emotion.

The people has been fighting hard for days in order to produce relevant and conclusive results.

No conclusive evidence has ever been found, although sightings are still commonly reported.

The research also found no conclusive evidence that footfall or transactions were affected by closing the shop door.

There is no conclusive scientific proof for either interpretation in the objective public domain.

The second semester will provide conclusive evidence as to the government's determination and future direction.

The conclusions of the research are of interest only, not conclusive proof.

The sample size is of course too small to be conclusive.

Ultimately, if you had anything more conclusive than what you have presented thus far you would have started with that.

Using animal models is the first stage of testing but it can't provide conclusive results in people suffering from depression.

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World English Dictionary

conclusive (kənˈkluːsɪv)

—*adj*
1.	putting an end to doubt; decisive; final
2.	approaching or involving an end or conclusion

con'clusively

—*adv*

con'clusiveness

—n

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Word Origin & History

conclusive

1610s, "occurring at the end," from L.L. conclusivus, from conclus-, pp. stem of concludere (see conclude). Meaning "definitive, decisive, convincing" (putting an end to debate) is from 1640s.

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