adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
conclusive/incontrovertible/irrefutable evidence (= very strong evidence which cannot be disproved )
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We need irrefutable evidence before making an arrest.
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The government claims it has conclusive evidence of the country’s nuclear weapons programme.
conclusive/tangible proof (= definite proof )
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There is no conclusive proof that your son is dead.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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But there's something else, something more conclusive to link them, but it's more puzzling, too.
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The second experiment is still more conclusive .
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The sad thing is that we could have got more conclusive results.
■ NOUN
evidence
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But the absence of conclusive evidence on the extend and nature of the problem has unfortunately led to a mixed government response.
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If he has conclusive evidence of crimes, so be it.
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He may have done so, but conclusive evidence for this wider publishing role is lacking.
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There is no conclusive evidence on this point, but scattered returns are suggestive.
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This is hardly conclusive evidence for one theory or another.
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Was that conclusive evidence that insanity was the salary of meddling with necromancy?
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Modern econometric work has found no conclusive evidence for the existence of a liquidity trap.
proof
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I stopped for a second and tried to think what my conclusive proof was.
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Salt analysis will provide conclusive proof .
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The procedure has not gained formal approval by the International Olympic Committee because it does not give conclusive proof of drug use.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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They have been able to collect some data, but as yet nothing really conclusive .
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We still have no conclusive proof that Walters was at the scene of the crime.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another investigation was launched, and this time it was conclusive .
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Grayling reckons that he has about another two years of research to do before he can come up with a conclusive report.
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If he has conclusive evidence of crimes, so be it.
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It was hoped that the negotiations would produce a preliminary drafting of a conclusive peace agreement.
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It wouldn't be accepted in a court as conclusive evidence.
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That is, there are facts that count for or against them, though none of these facts are conclusive .
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The evidence in respect of the fourth child pointed to possible abuse but was not conclusive .