decisive

[De*ci*sive]

If you make decisions quickly, you are someone who is decisive. A decisive event can settle something, like a war.

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Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. "A decisive, irrevocable doom." Bates. "Decisive campaign." Macaulay.

Adjective S.
forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"

Adjective
determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence"

Adjective
characterized by decision and firmness; "an able an decisive young woman"; "we needed decisive leadership"; "she gave him a decisive answer"

Adjective S.
unmistakable; "had a decisive lead in the polls"


a.
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.

a.
Marked by promptness and decision.


Decisive

De*ci*sive , a. [Cf. F. d'82cisif. See Decision.] 1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. "A decisive, irrevocable doom." Bates. "Decisive campaign." Macaulay. "Decisive proof." Hallam. 2. Marked by promptness and decision.
A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character.
Syn. -- Decided; positive; conclusive. See Decided. -- De*ci"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ci"sive*ness, n.

Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. "A decisive, irrevocable doom." Bates. "Decisive campaign." Macaulay.

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Usage Examples

This communication alone, by the comparison of the antagonisms, rivalries, movements which give birth to decisive moments, permits the evolution of the soul, whereby a man realizes himself on earth. It is impossible to be concerned with anything else in art.

War remains the decisive human failure.

We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly let him rejoice.

Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with the Jewish people, following the decisive lead given by John Paul II.

The world is starving for original and decisive leadership.

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Other Usage Examples

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work.

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do.

That Germany was so immensely strong and Austria so dependent upon German strength that the word and will of Germany would at the critical moment be decisive with Austria.

My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate on the essential issues of programming rather than on details of language and notation.

Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one it is man and not materials that counts.

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