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Definition of Decisive

1. Adjective. Determining or having the power to determine an outcome. "Two factors had a decisive influence"

2. Adjective. Unmistakable. "Had a decisive lead in the polls"

3. Adjective. Characterized by decision and firmness. "She gave him a decisive answer"

4. Adjective. Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis. "The critical test"

Definition of Decisive

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

Definition of Decisive

1. Adjective. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. ¹

2. Adjective. Marked by promptness and decision. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decisive

1. conclusive [adj] - See also: conclusive

Medical Definition of Decisive

1. 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." 2. Marked by promptness and decision. "A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character." (J. Foster) Synonym: Decided, positive, conclusive. See Decided. Deci"sively, Deci"siveness. Origin: Cf. F. Decisif. See Decision. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decisive

decision support techniques decision table decision theory decision tree decision trees decisional decisioned decisioning decisionism decisionist

decisionists decisionmaker decisionmakers decisionmaking decisions decisive (current term) decisive factor decisively decisiveness decisivenesses

decisory decistere decisteres decitabine decitizenize decitizenized decitizenizes decitizenizing decivilise decivilised

Literary usage of Decisive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"fronts were relatively unimportant; they had no decisive value. On all fronts the enemy armies remained intact, and behind the enemy lines the hostile ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"And if they are in themselves decisive, the force of the decision is much enhanced when it is borne in mind tbat all this ground has been made good at a ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"Careless and self-indulgent, he allowed dangers to accumulate; but whenever it came to action he was firm and decisive. His familiarity with the wives of ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Scott Eldon (1827)
"... slight evidence sufficient; as reputation; and a forgery established is pot decisive; but weighs considerably Against the party producing i*• VOWLES ». ..."

5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"And indeed this circumstance seems decisive." Will any of your readers please to inform me where I shall find an account of this conflagration ? ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by John Leycester Adolphus, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1842)
"Lord DENMAN CJ That is so ; but we think die judgment decisive as to the effect of the instrument itself. Rule (on this point) refused. (a) 1 Man. $ G. 46. ..."

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