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Webster 1913 Edition
Decisive
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.
– De-ci′sive-ly
, adv.
De-ci′sive-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Decisive
DECI'SIVE
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See also: décisive
English
Adjective
decisive (comparative more decisive, superlative most decisive)
- Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
- A decisive battle is fatal for one side's war chances
- 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.
- Marked by promptness and decision.
- A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. -J. Foster.
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having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy
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marked by promptness and decision
References
- decisive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- decisive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911