Conclusive
[kən'kluːsɪv] or [kən'klusɪv]
Definition
(adj.) forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question; 'conclusive proof'; 'the evidence is conclusive' .
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Definition
(a.) Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Decisive, convincing, unanswerable, irrefutable.[2]. Final, ultimate, without appeal.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Definitive, indisputable, final, positive, decisive
ANT:Uncertain, dubious, questionable, hypothetical, supposititious, problematical,theoretical, vague, indeterminate, inconclusive
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Examples
- In 1771 the issue came to a conclusive test in Britain before Lord Mansfield. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The point about the signature is very suggestive--in fact, we may call it conclusive. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Twice they actually marched right out of Rome, threatening to make a new city higher up the Tiber, and twice this threat proved conclusive. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This method is neither so conclusive as the devotees say, nor so bad as the people who are awed by it would like to believe. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was not a war that promised a conclusive end. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their intercourse was not long, but I suppose it was conclusive. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The very fact of the enemy coming out to attack, if he does so, might be regarded as almost conclusive evidence of such a weakening of his lines. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At Plassey (1757) and at Buxar (1764) their armies gained striking and conclusive victories over the army of Bengal and the army of Oudh. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is enough that death is a great and conclusive experience. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The systematic and conclusive character of L everrier's research, submitted to one of the greatest academies of science, carried conviction to th e minds of astronomers. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The church did indeed take notice of what was afoot, but only because of the disregard of her conclusive decisions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There are various ways, equally conclusive, of criticizing this conception, in both its alleged foundations and in its educational application. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They were all five arrested, but the evidence against them was by no means conclusive. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He trusted rather to being able to blockade, raid, and annoy the colonists into submission than to a conclusive conquest and occupation of the land. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I hardly consider that a conclusive proof. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It did not seem to me conclusive. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was high time for the final conclusive blow upon the Western front, if such a blow was ever to be delivered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- What more conclusive proof could be given that he was better than anything there? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- From hence we may form a dilemma, the most clear and conclusive that can be imagined, viz. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- World power or downfall was their formula; it gave their antagonists no alternative but a fight to a conclusive end. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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