EGAVE

conclusive

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 3.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Pertaining to a conclusion.
  2. adjective Providing an end to something; decisive.
    The set of premises of a valid argument is conclusive in the sense that no further evidence could possibly be added to the set of premises which would make the argument invalid.

Similar words

decisive determinate definitive convincing unambiguous unequivocal absolute univocal ultimate definite

Often followed by

evidence proof as and in that of on against

Word family

conclude concluded concludes concluding conclusion conclusions conclusively conclusiveness conclusivenesses

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