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Grammar : Adj |
Spell : dih-sahy-siv |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsaɪ sɪv |
Definition of decisive
Origin :- 1610s, from Medieval Latin decisivus, from Latin decis-, past participle stem of decidere (see decide). Related: Decisively; decisiveness.
- adj definite
- As yet, however, no decisive advantage had been gained on either side.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- Still, as the case stood, his triumph was not the less brilliant or decisive.
- Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
- At the dawn of the morning he made his attack sharp, unexpected, decisive.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- I do not know what he said to the surgeon-major, but it was something clear and decisive.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- "It doesn't matter whose sister you are," was the decisive reply.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- "It's my work," said Turkey, in a decisive tone, which left me no room for rejoinder.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- We do not mean however to hold forth this circumstance as decisive in its condemnation.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- He had passed the decisive line and his rise was simply a question of time.
- Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
- One speaker at length had a decisive influence on the question.
- Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan
- The Rougons still speak of it as of a glorious and decisive battle.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for decisive
- absolute
- all out
- assured
- bent
- certain
- conclusive
- crisp
- critical
- crucial
- decided
- definitive
- determined
- fateful
- final
- firm
- flat out
- forceful
- imperative
- imperious
- incisive
- influential
- intent
- litmus test
- momentous
- peremptory
- positive
- resolute
- resolved
- set
- settled
- significant
- straight out
- strong-minded
- trenchant
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