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Webster 1913 Edition


Conclusive

Con-clu′sive

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
conclusif
.]
Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision.
Secret reasons . . . equally
conclusive
for us as they were for them.
Rogers.
Syn. – Final; ultimate; unanswerable. See
Final
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Conclusive

CONCLUSIVE

,
Adj.
1.
Final; decisive; as a conclusive answer to a proposition.
2.
Decisive; giving a final determination; precluding a further act.
The agreeing votes of both houses were not, by any law or reason, conclusive to my judgment.
3.
Decisive; concluding the question; putting an end to debate; as a conclusive argument.
4.
Regularly consequential.
Men, not knowing the true forms of syllogisms, cannot know whether they are made in right and conlusive modes and figures.

Definition 2024


conclusive

conclusive

English

Adjective

conclusive (comparative more conclusive, superlative most conclusive)

  1. Pertaining to a conclusion.
  2. 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.

Translations


French

Adjective

conclusive

  1. feminine singular of conclusif

Italian

Adjective

conclusive f pl

  1. feminine plural of conclusivo