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- pronunciation:
- k
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klu
sihv
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
serving to reach a final answer or decision, or to settle.
The testimony of the two eye-witnesses was considered conclusive evidence of his guilt.It was hoped that the experiment would provide answers, but the results were not conclusive.This was the conclusive point that decided the debate.- synonyms:
- convincing, deciding, determinative, final
- antonyms:
- inconclusive
- similar words:
- clinching, compelling, decisive, incontestable, indisputable, ultimate, unquestionable
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| related words: |
definite, net, positive, strong |
adverb + (adj.)conclusive
fairly, far, from, hardly, less, means, necessarily, pretty, rarely, yet
(adj.)conclusive
+ adverb
enough
(adj.)conclusive
+ noun
answer,
argument,
assertion,
cause,
comparison,
consumption,
data,
demonstration,
diagnosis,
elector,
evidence,
finding,
inference,
judgment,
link,
match,
presumption,
proof,
research,
researcher,
result,
statement,
stress,
wrongdoing
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| derivation: |
conclusively (adv.) |
The word conclusive
contains the following parts:
claus, clos, clud, clus
Latin
root
that means to close
  Example words:
clause, claustrophobia, closet, closure, conclude, conclusion, conclusive, disclose, disclosure, enclose, enclosure, exclude, exclusive, include, inclusive, inconclusive, malocclusion, occlude, preclude, recluse, seclude
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive
, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, abusive, accumulative, activate, active, actively, activist, administrative, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, cognitive, combative, conclusive, curative, cursive, dative, derisive, divisive, effusive, emotive, exclusive, expensive, figurative, fixative, formative, fricative, fugitive, imperative, incisive, inclusive, infinitive, interactive, laxative, native, normative, objective, permissive, productive, protective, quantitative, relative, restive, subjective
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