Conclusive

Definition: Conclusive

Conclusive

Adjective

1. Forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question; "conclusive proof"; "the evidence is conclusive".

2. Final and deciding; "the conclusive reason".

3. Expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute (or unequivocal) quarantee to respect the nation's authority"; "inability to make a conclusive (or unequivocal) refusal".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "conclusive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Etymology: Conclusive \Con*clu"sive\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression conclusif.]. (references)

Synonym: Conclusive

Answer

Adjective: answering; Verb: responsive, respondent; conclusive.

Certainty

Unimpeachable, undeniable, unquestionable; indisputable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable; irrefutable; (proven); conclusive, without power of appeal.

Completion

Adjective: completing, final; concluding, conclusive; crowning; Verb: exhaustive.

Demonstration

Adjective: demonstrating; Verb:, demonstrative, demonstrable; probative, unanswerable, conclusive; apodictic, apodeictic, apodeictical; irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable; necessary.

End

Ended; Verb: at an end; settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest; conclusive. penultimate; last but one, last but two; unbegun, uncommenced; fresh.

Judgment

Adjective: judging; Verb: judicious; (wise); determinate, conclusive.

Reasoning,

Logical sequence; good case; correct just reasoning, sound reasoning, valid reasoning, cogent reasoning, logical reasoning, forcible reasoning, persuasive reasoning, persuasory reasoning, consectary reasoning, conclusive; ; subtle reasoning; force of argument, strong point, strong argument, persuasive argument.

Crosswords: Conclusive

Books

• Conclusive Camaro Recognition Guide: 1967-1969 (reference)

• Conclusive Report on the Activities of the Containment Expert Group, 1975-87 (reference)

• Crop Circles: Conclusive Evidence? (reference)

• Guide to the Conclusive Proofs for the Priciples of Belief (reference)

• The Conclusive Argument from God: Shah Wali Allah of Delhi's Hujjat Allah Al-Baligha (Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science, Vol 25) (reference)

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Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have found seemingly conclusive evidence for a massive ... Credit: NASA.

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They respect the nation, not individual rights, and being entrusted to the executive, the decision of the executive is conclusive. (reference)

"That the executive will on the 1st day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States." (Abraham Lincoln)

The High Contracting Parties agree to regard the decisions of the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal as final and conclusive, and to render them binding upon their nationals. (reference)

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The answer, which bore upon the name of the street, and not upon the street itself, appeared to Marius more conclusive than it was.

There is no conclusive evidence of life after death

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Health

There are no conclusive data that screening benefits these women. (references)

To date, no conclusive data has shown that large doses of vitamin C prevent colds. (references)

However, the size of this subgroup was not large enough to make the result conclusive. (references)

Business

According to a recent Lithuanian Statistical Agency study, 60% of those interviewed claimed that due to their limited income, price is the most conclusive factor in shopping situations. (references)

Civil Liberties

Argentina

The investigations were ongoing at the end of the year, with no conclusive results expected in the near future. (references)

Economic History

New Zealand

A certificate of incorporation is deemed conclusive evidence that a company has been duly incorporated under the Act. (references)

Peru

In mid-2001 Peru remains mired in a fourth year of slow or negative growth, with an absence of conclusive proof that the economy's bottom has yet been found. (references)

Human Rights

Belarus

There were no conclusive reports of political killings committed by the regime or its agents during the year. (references)

Swaziland

The youths died after ingesting poison but there is no conclusive evidence whether the youths committed suicide or were forced to ingest the poison by police. (references)

Belize

In 2000 the Ombudsman presented a report to the National Assembly indicating that there was no conclusive evidence that the officer or another officer who was present at the time were responsible for Barrow's death. (references)

Worker Rights

Liberia

The advocacy group's report and that of another prominent human rights group contradicted an earlier government report that failed to find any conclusive evidence of forced child labor. (references)

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Expressions using "conclusive": conclusive actions ♦ conclusive evidence ♦ conclusive power ♦ Conclusive presumption ♦ conclusive proof. Additional references.

Ending with "conclusive": all-conclusive.

Albanian

vendimtar (critical, crucial, decisive, determinant, determinative, winning), përfundimtar (closing, completive, concluding, definitive, determinate, eventual, final, illative, net, peremptory, terminal), bindës (cogent, convincing, decisive, forcible, persuasive, plausible). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فاصل (bar, break, decisive, dividing, entr'acte, interval, separative), ‏نهائي (definitive, eventual, extreme, final, firm, irrevocable, peremptory, radical, ultimate), ‏قاطع (boycott, break away, categorical, chip, decisive, definite, disruption, disturb, dogmatic, edgy, final, have no truck with, incisive, interrupt, keen, partition, peremptory, positive, sharp, unqualified), ‏حاسم (absolute, categorical, critical, crucial, decided, decisive, definite, definitive, determinate, fateful, final, high, peremptory, pivotal, unqualified). (various references)

Bulgarian 

решаващ (crucial, decisive, determinant, determinative, last), заключителен (completive, final, terminal, terminative). (various references)

Chinese 

决定性. (various references)

Czech

rozhodný (assertive, categorical, decided, decisive, definite, determined, firm, peremptory, point blank, resolute, strong, strong-minded, unhesitating, unqualified), prùkazný (damning, demonstrative), přesvìdèivý (absolute, clear-cut, cogent, convincing, forceful, persuasive, potent, sound, unanswerable), nezvratný (irrefragable, irrefutable, irreversible, unalterable), koneèný (definitive, eventual, final, finite, terminal, ultimate). (various references)

Danish

endelig afgørelse (final and conclusive judgment, final judgment, order from which no appeal lies, order from which no appeal shall lie), beviskraft (conclusive force), afsluttende handlinger (conclusive actions), afgoerende bevis (conclusive evidence). (various references)

Dutch

een conclusie wettigend, afdoend (decisive, effective, effectual, efficacious). (various references)

Esperanto

konkludiga. (various references)

Farsi 

نهاءی (Terminal, Ultimate, Ultimatum), قطعی (Absolute, Categorical, Cretain, Decisive, Definite, Irrevocable, Last, Peremptory, Positive, Sure, Trenchant, Ultimatum, Uncompromising, Unconditional), قاطع (Categorical, Clincher, Crucial, Decisive, Incisive, Overbearing, Secant, Trenchant, Unanswerable). (various references)

Finnish

sitova (binding, firm, solidifying), ratkaiseva (decisive). (various references)

French

convaincant (cogent, convincing), définitif (camera-ready composition). (various references)

German

schlüssig (coherent, coherently, conclusively), endgültig (conclusively, decisive, definite, definitely, definitive, definitively, final, finally, for good, once and for all, ultimate, utter). (various references)

Greek 

πειστικόσ (cogent, convincing, forcible, persuasive, sleek, suasive), πειστικός (convincing), αδιαμφισβήτητοσ (incontrovertible, indisputable, uncontested, unquestkoned), αδιαμφισβήτητος, τελειωτικόσ (definitive). (various references)

Hebrew 

מכריע (amphibrach, arbitrator, critical, crucial, decisive, definitive, overwhelming, pivotal). (various references)

Hungarian

végsõ (eventual, final, finishing, last, terminal, ultimate, ultra), perdöntõ, meggyőző (cogent, convincing, demonstrative, persuasive, persuasory, seductive), döntő (crucial, decisive, definitive, determinant, determinate, determinative, operative, peremptory, preponderant). (various references)

Italian

convincente (cogent, convincing, persuasive, tolling, whacking), conclusivo (damning, eventual, final, finishing), decisivo (arbitrative, clinching, crucial, decisive, definitive, final, plump). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

断乎たる (determined, firm), 断固たる (determined, firm), 決定的 (decisive, definite, final). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

けっていてき (decisive, definite, final), � �"�"たる (determined, firm). (various references)

Korean 

결� � (Crucial, Crystal, Crystallizing, Deciding, Decision, Definitive, Determinant, Determining, irrevocable). (various references)

Manx

jerrinagh (absolute, belated, closing, concluding, end, eventual, final, finalist, foregoing, hindmost, last, late, late of fruit, latter, rearmost, ultimate, utmost). (various references)

Pig Latin

onclusivecay.(various references)

Portuguese

convincente (closing, cogent, convincing, demonstrative, forceful, forcible, persuasive, potent, silver, straitlaced, stringent, tenable, two-fisted, valid, weighty), conclusivo (decisive, final, illative), final (closing, end, ending, eventual, final, finale, finishing, full time, last, terminal, ultimate), decisivo (closing, crucial, decisive, definitive, determinative, final, forthright, incisive, peremptory, striking, winning). (various references)

Romanian

convingãtor (cogent, convincing, forcible, persuasive, potent, silver-tongued, stringent, strong), conclusiv, concludent (clinching, cogent, convincing, decisive, edifying, valid, weighty), hotãrâtor (all out, crucial, decisive, determinative, final, weighty), final (death, decisive, drop scene, end, ending, eventual, final, finale, finish, last, result, ultimate), doveditor (convincing, demonstrative, evidential, sustaining), definitiv (clearly, definitive, definitively, determinate, final, for good and all, indefeasible, last, peremptory, ultimate), decisiv (critical, crucial, decisive, definitive, determinant, determinative, fateful, final, ultimate, winning), de încheiere (concluding). (various references)

Russian 

заключительный (final, illative, terminal). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ubedljiv (cogent, conceivable, convincing, decisive, persuasive, satisfying, weighty), konačan (definitive, eventual, finite, peremptory, terminal, ultimate). (various references)

Spanish

concluyente, conclusivo, solemne (ceremonial, demure, dignified, official, owlish, ritually, solemn, vow). (various references)

Swedish

slutlig (eventual, final, last, ultimate), avgörande (Cardinal, conclusion, crucial, deciding, decision, decisive, definitive, fateful, operative, seminal, vital). (various references)

Turkish

son (afterbirth, bedrock, close, conclusion, curtains, definitive, denouement, end, ending, expiration, expiry, extremity, farewell, fate, final, finis, finish, finishing, full, full stop, issue, kiss off, last, late, latest, latter, nth, Omega, outcome, quietus, recent, result, ruination, secundine, sunset, supreme, tail end, terminal, termination, ultimate, upshot), kesin (absolute, accurate, assertive, categorical, certain, cheese it, clean-cut, clear-cut, decided, decisive, declared, definite, definitive, determined, dogmatic, downright, exact, express, extreme, final, firm, flat, frozen, implicit, indisputable, indubitable, irreversible, irrevocable, mathematical, ocular, outright, peremptory, point blank, pointed, precise, pronounced, rigid, rigorous, round, safe, scientific, specific, spot-on, Square, stark, sure, sure as death, unambiguous, uncompromising, undoubted, unquestionable, unquestioned, unquestioning, utter), kati (definite, exact, flat, stark, stiff), inandırıcı (cogent, colorable, convincing, credible, demonstrative, evidential, evidentiary, likely, persuasive, potent, vivid). (various references)

Ukrainian

кінцевий (ending, eventual, terminal), вирішальний (all in all, critical, crucial, decisive, determinant, determinative, fateful, final, winning), заключний (ending, final, wind up), переконливий (cogent, commanding, convictive, convincing, decisive, demonstrative, forcible, ostensive, persuasive, powerful, stringent). (various references)

Vietnamese 

cuối cùng (aftermost, backmost, bottom, closing, eventually, finally, fine, finish, lastly, lattermost, rearmost, terminative, ultimate, ultimately), thuyết phục được, quyết định (terminative), để kết thúc để kết luận xác định. (various references)

Welsh

terfynol (final). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "conclusive": conclusively, conclusiveness, conclusivenesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "conclusive": inconclusive. (additional references)

Words containing "conclusive": inconclusively, inconclusiveness, inconclusivenesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Conclusive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: coclusive, consultive, nconclusive. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: occlusive.

-2 letters: convulse, councils, evulsion, unvoices.

-3 letters: cineols, concise, council, counsel, culices, elusion, envious, inclose, leucins, niveous, novices, unclose, uncoils, unlives, unveils, unvoice.

-4 letters: cineol, clevis, clines, clones, clonic, clonus, cloven, cloves, coleus, colics, colies, colins, conics, conies, consul, cosine, coulis, cousin, covens, covins, eloins, enolic, ensoul, envois, icones, incuse, insole, insoul, lesion, leucin.

+2 letters: conclusively, inconclusive.

+3 letters: cavernicolous, consecutively.

+4 letters: conclusiveness, constructively, inconclusively.