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conclusive adjective [ kənˈkluːsɪv ]

• (of evidence or argument) having or likely to have the effect of proving a case; decisive.
• "conclusive evidence"
Similar: 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,
Opposite: inconclusive, unconvincing,
Origin: late 16th century (in the sense ‘summing up’): from late Latin conclusivus, from Latin conclus- ‘closed up’, from the verb concludere (see conclusion).


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