conclusive
/kənˈkluːsɪv
/adjective
1(Of evidence or argument) having or likely to have the effect of proving a case; decisive: conclusive evidence the findings were by no means conclusive...
- But unless conclusive evidence proves this we cannot authenticate any of these findings.
- Unfortunately not enough conclusive evidence for the effect of Fumonisins on humans has been collected.
- In recent days the Pentagon has indicated that a lack of any conclusive evidence has convinced officials that Speicher is dead.
Synonyms
incontrovertible, incontestable, irrefutable, unquestionable, undeniable, indisputable, unassailable, beyond dispute, beyond question, beyond doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, certain, decisive, convincing, clinching, definitive, definite, positive, final, ultimate, categorical, demonstrative, unequivocal, unarguable, unanswerable, uncontroversial;
airtight, watertight
1.1(Of a victory) achieved easily or by a large margin: a conclusive 5-O win...
- The conclusive victory was narrow, but Celtic's command of the championship utterly emphatic.
- The defeat of Blair was in no way a conclusive victory for the Conservative party.
- Guyon achieves what he has sworn at the outset of the poem, but his victory is not conclusive.
Synonyms
emphatic, resounding
informal thumping, thundering
Derivatives
conclusiveness
/ noun ...- The operational coherence and conclusiveness of the abuse correction mechanism, of course, needs to be spelled out in institutional detail.
- The fact that no traces of agent have yet been found and that in fact other chemicals that one would not expect in this type of facility have been found, do raise doubts about the conclusiveness of the analysis.
- The section is well contained; physically by a fence, and intellectually by its conclusiveness.
Origin
Late 16th century (in the sense 'summing up'): from late Latin conclusivus, from Latin conclus- 'closed up', from the verb concludere (see conclusion).