decisive

See also: décisive

English

Etymology

From Middle French décisif, equivalent to decide +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsaɪsɪv/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪsɪv

Adjective

decisive (comparative more decisive, superlative most decisive)

  1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
    decisive vote
    decisive battle
    • 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport‎:
      In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages -with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive.
  2. Decided; definite; incontrovertible.
    decisive victory
  3. Marked by promptness and decision.
    decisive action
    • 1804, John Foster, Essays, in a Series of Letters:
      A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “decisive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /de.t͡ʃiˈzi.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: de‧ci‧sì‧ve

Adjective

decisive

  1. feminine plural of decisivo
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