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US
/dɪˈsaɪsɪv/
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[ UK /dɪsˈaɪsɪv/ ]
[ UK /dɪsˈaɪsɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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characterized by decision and firmness
we needed decisive leadership
she gave him a decisive answer
an able and decisive young woman -
unmistakable
had a decisive lead in the polls -
determining or having the power to determine an outcome
two factors had a decisive influence
cast the decisive vote -
forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
a critical point in the campaign
the critical test
How To Use decisive In A Sentence
- Upstairs were the bedrooms; mother-and-fathers room the largest; a smaller room for one or two sons, another for one or two daughters; each of these rooms containing a double bed, a washstand, a bureau, a wardrobe, a little table, a rocking-chair, and often a chair or two that had been slightly damaged downstairs, but not enough to justify either the expense of repair or decisive abandonment in the attic. Chapter 1
- a long and indecisive war
- The uproar in both cases was swift and decisive. Times, Sunday Times
- ‘Pochles’ is used to describe a person who is physically inept and indecisive in his actions.
- After losing this decisive battle, the general was forced to concede.
- In my judgment, grave though the libel is, and grave though the aggravation has been, the answer to that question is decisively no.
- Right now: Palin a great choice, shows McCain as an insightful, decisive leader, master chessplayer, with the right stuff for America. Report: Palin's Spokesperson Didn't Know About Pregnancy Two Days Ago
- The problems you talk of are mostly the result of indecisive handling. The Sun
- His supporters admire his decisiveness.
- It considers that a lasting peace will be possible only after a decisive victory over the military power of the enemy. Times, Sunday Times
