Conclusive
adjective
Ending doubt, convincing or final.
The experiments delivered a conclusive result that supports the theory.
Often appears as...
- conclusive evidence
- conclusive proof
adjective
Representing the final or main part.
His conclusive statement left no doubt about his beliefs.
Often appears as...
- conclusive part
- conclusive chapter
adjective
Ending doubt, convincing or final.
The experiments delivered a conclusive result that supports the theory.
Often appears as...
- conclusive evidence
- conclusive proof
adjective
Representing the final or main part.
His conclusive statement left no doubt about his beliefs.
Often appears as...
- conclusive part
- conclusive chapter
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Pro Tip 1/3Settles Debate
Use 'conclusive' when something definitively ends a discussion or argument.
The DNA test was conclusive and ended all doubts about the suspect's identity.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Proof
'Conclusive' often describes evidence or results that confirm a scientific hypothesis.
The conclusive findings of the study were published in a reputable journal.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Decisions
In legal contexts, 'conclusive' means proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
The jury found the conclusive evidence compelling, leading to a guilty verdict.
Pro Tip 1/3Settles Debate
Use 'conclusive' when something definitively ends a discussion or argument.
The DNA test was conclusive and ended all doubts about the suspect's identity.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Proof
'Conclusive' often describes evidence or results that confirm a scientific hypothesis.
The conclusive findings of the study were published in a reputable journal.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Decisions
In legal contexts, 'conclusive' means proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
The jury found the conclusive evidence compelling, leading to a guilty verdict.
Pro Tip 1/3Settles Debate
Use 'conclusive' when something definitively ends a discussion or argument.
The DNA test was conclusive and ended all doubts about the suspect's identity.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Proof
'Conclusive' often describes evidence or results that confirm a scientific hypothesis.
The conclusive findings of the study were published in a reputable journal.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Decisions
In legal contexts, 'conclusive' means proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
The jury found the conclusive evidence compelling, leading to a guilty verdict.
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Andrew McAfee: Are...
Others will talk about intellectual achievements in disciplines like math that have helped us get a better handle on the world, and other folk will talk about periods when there was a deep flourishing of the arts and sciences. So this debate will go on and on. It's an endless debate and there's no conclusive, single answer to it.
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How to build a greener,...
management that there was a significant problem with emissions from fossil fuels which would cause climate change in the early eighties their own ships went out carrying state-of-the-art equipment to test this theory and the results were conclusive and immediately after that and for the next 30 years they went into
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Dan Cobley: What physics...
So next, the scientific method -- an axiom of physics, of all science -- says you cannot prove a hypothesis through observation, you can only disprove it. What this means is you can gather more and more data around a hypothesis or a positioning, and it will strengthen it, but it will not conclusively prove it.
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Allan Adams: The...
what that tells us is something deep about the early universe. It tells us that we and everything we see around us are basically one large bubble -- and this is the idea of inflation— one large bubble surrounded by something else. This isn't conclusive evidence for inflation,
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Spotting One of the...
the clouded leopard is one of the most elusive difficult animals in the whole world to film and this is conclusive evidence that there is one living not more than a couple of miles away from camp looking for tracks and signs is detective work it's almost like putting
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Why don't perpetual...
have stymied every idea for perpetual motion and the dreams of perfectly efficient energy generation they imply. Yet it's hard to conclusively say we'll never discover a perpetual motion machine because there's still so much we don't understand about the universe.
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Are we living in a...
It may never be possible to prove conclusively that the universe either is, or isn’t, a simulation, but we’ll always be pushing science and technology forward in pursuit of the what is the nature of reality?
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A hilarious celebration...
Joyful lives. We live five years longer than men. I think I'd trade the years for joy. But the most important part is they found -- the results were so exciting and so conclusive -- the researchers found
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Are food preservatives...
Are they safe? Some studies suggest that benzoates, related to benzoic acid, contribute to hyperactive behavior. But the results aren't conclusive. Otherwise, these acids seem to be perfectly safe.
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Bull Sharks Upriver PIPE...
that's our fish it's conclusive these are bull sharks as rocky suspected this sometimes aggressive species has been documented in rivers throughout the world Rocky's theory is that bull sharks
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Andrew McAfee: Are...
Others will talk about intellectual achievements in disciplines like math that have helped us get a better handle on the world, and other folk will talk about periods when there was a deep flourishing of the arts and sciences. So this debate will go on and on. It's an endless debate and there's no conclusive, single answer to it.
Video examples
How to build a greener,...
management that there was a significant problem with emissions from fossil fuels which would cause climate change in the early eighties their own ships went out carrying state-of-the-art equipment to test this theory and the results were conclusive and immediately after that and for the next 30 years they went into
Video examples
Dan Cobley: What physics...
So next, the scientific method -- an axiom of physics, of all science -- says you cannot prove a hypothesis through observation, you can only disprove it. What this means is you can gather more and more data around a hypothesis or a positioning, and it will strengthen it, but it will not conclusively prove it.
Video examples
Allan Adams: The...
what that tells us is something deep about the early universe. It tells us that we and everything we see around us are basically one large bubble -- and this is the idea of inflation— one large bubble surrounded by something else. This isn't conclusive evidence for inflation,
Video examples
Spotting One of the...
the clouded leopard is one of the most elusive difficult animals in the whole world to film and this is conclusive evidence that there is one living not more than a couple of miles away from camp looking for tracks and signs is detective work it's almost like putting
Video examples
Why don't perpetual...
have stymied every idea for perpetual motion and the dreams of perfectly efficient energy generation they imply. Yet it's hard to conclusively say we'll never discover a perpetual motion machine because there's still so much we don't understand about the universe.
Video examples
Are we living in a...
It may never be possible to prove conclusively that the universe either is, or isn’t, a simulation, but we’ll always be pushing science and technology forward in pursuit of the what is the nature of reality?
Video examples
A hilarious celebration...
Joyful lives. We live five years longer than men. I think I'd trade the years for joy. But the most important part is they found -- the results were so exciting and so conclusive -- the researchers found
Video examples
Are food preservatives...
Are they safe? Some studies suggest that benzoates, related to benzoic acid, contribute to hyperactive behavior. But the results aren't conclusive. Otherwise, these acids seem to be perfectly safe.
Video examples
Bull Sharks Upriver PIPE...
that's our fish it's conclusive these are bull sharks as rocky suspected this sometimes aggressive species has been documented in rivers throughout the world Rocky's theory is that bull sharks
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Lawrence Wright
American Author
What is interesting to me about film, and documentary film in particular, is that I can write about these people, and you trust my judgment, more or less, but when you're confronted yourself with humans who are right there on the screen telling you their story, you make a judgment yourself that is conclusive.
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L. Ron Hubbard
American Author
Oh yes, as a matter of fact it is quite interesting that exercises can be conducted which demonstrate conclusively that there are memories which exist prior to this life.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
American President
The atomic bomb certainly is the most powerful of all weapons, but it is conclusively powerful and effective only in the hands of the nation which controls the sky.
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Roger Bacon
English Philosopher
Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment.
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Carl Froch
English Athlete
The fans want to see a conclusive finish. It's quite a brutal, barbaric sport and the people who watch it want to see someone out. That's what I do for a living.
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Herbert Hoover
American President
A whole people with the ballot in their hands possess the most conclusive and unlimited power ever entrusted to humanity.
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Thomas J. Watson
American Businessman
Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.
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A. K. Antony
Indian Politician
There is no conclusive proof of Unidentified Flying Objects flying over India-China border.
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Ann Landers
American Journalist
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
The verdict of the world is conclusive.
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Lawrence Wright
American Author
What is interesting to me about film, and documentary film in particular, is that I can write about these people, and you trust my judgment, more or less, but when you're confronted yourself with humans who are right there on the screen telling you their story, you make a judgment yourself that is conclusive.
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L. Ron Hubbard
American Author
Oh yes, as a matter of fact it is quite interesting that exercises can be conducted which demonstrate conclusively that there are memories which exist prior to this life.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
American President
The atomic bomb certainly is the most powerful of all weapons, but it is conclusively powerful and effective only in the hands of the nation which controls the sky.
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Roger Bacon
English Philosopher
Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment.
Quote examples
Carl Froch
English Athlete
The fans want to see a conclusive finish. It's quite a brutal, barbaric sport and the people who watch it want to see someone out. That's what I do for a living.
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Herbert Hoover
American President
A whole people with the ballot in their hands possess the most conclusive and unlimited power ever entrusted to humanity.
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Thomas J. Watson
American Businessman
Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.
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A. K. Antony
Indian Politician
There is no conclusive proof of Unidentified Flying Objects flying over India-China border.
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Ann Landers
American Journalist
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
The verdict of the world is conclusive.
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