We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Find out more

Subscriber login

Library card login

Other

Login Athens/Access Management Federation

X Close menu

Dictionary Language resources

conclusive

Pronunciation: /kənˈkluːsɪv/

Translate conclusive | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

Definition of conclusive

adjective

(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
(of a victory) achieved easily or by a large margin: a conclusive 5-O win

Derivatives

conclusively
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)