"decisive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈsaɪsɪv/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decisive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more decisive [comparative], most decisive [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪsɪv Etymology: From Middle French décisif, equivalent to decide + -ive. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|décisif}} Middle French décisif, {{suffix|en|decide|ive}} decide + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} 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. Translations (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy): κρίσιμος (krísimos) (Ancient Greek), həlledici (Azerbaijani), решаващ (rešavašt) (Bulgarian), decisiu (Catalan), rozhodující (Czech), směrodatný (Czech), afgørende (Danish), beslissend (Dutch), afdoend (Dutch), doorslaggevend (Dutch), ratkaiseva (Finnish), décisif (French), decisivo (Galician), entscheidend (German), ausschlaggebend (German), αποφασιστικός (apofasistikós) (Greek), החלטי (hekhlet'y) (Hebrew), döntő (Hungarian), mérvadó (Hungarian), cinntitheach (Irish), cinniúnach (Irish), decisivo (Italian), determinante (Italian), sostanziale (Italian), izšķirošs (Latvian), تعیینکننده (Persian), decydujący (Polish), przesądzający (Polish), rozsądzający (Polish), decisivo (Portuguese), решающий (rešajuščij) (Russian), odlùčujūćī (Serbo-Croatian), prȅsudan (Serbo-Croatian), decisivo (Spanish), avgörande (Swedish), utslagsgivande (Swedish), bestämmande (Swedish), виріша́льний (vyrišálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-decisive-en-adj-10QsFxED Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 36 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 51 36 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 55 28 16 Disambiguation of 'having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy': 94 4 2
  2. Decided; definite; incontrovertible.
    Sense id: en-decisive-en-adj-CStF6~g0
  3. Marked by promptness and decision. Translations (marked by promptness and decision): qəti (Azerbaijani), решителен (rešitelen) (Bulgarian), decisiu (Catalan), rozhodný (Czech), beslutsom (Danish), besluitvaardig (Dutch), beslist (Dutch), päättäväinen (Finnish), ferme (French), décidé (French), entschlussfreudig (German), αποφασιστικός (apofasistikós) (Greek), decisivo (Italian), deciso (Italian), stanowczy (Polish), zdecydowany (Polish), bezapelacyjny (Polish), decidido (Portuguese), реши́тельный (rešítelʹnyj) (Russian), ȍdlūčan (Serbo-Croatian), decidido (Spanish), beslutsam (Swedish), fast (Swedish), resolut (Swedish), bestämd (Swedish), рішу́чий (rišúčyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-decisive-en-adj-BymLUsOA Disambiguation of 'marked by promptness and decision': 3 4 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: decided, positive, conclusive Derived forms: decisively, decisiveness Related terms: decidable, decide, decided

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          "_dis1": "94 4 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
          "word": "تعیینکننده"
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          "_dis1": "94 4 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
          "word": "decydujący"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 4 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rešajuščij",
          "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
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          "word": "avgörande"
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          "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
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          "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
          "word": "bestämmande"
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          "_dis1": "94 4 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vyrišálʹnyj",
          "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
          "word": "виріша́льний"
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          "text": "decisive victory"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "rešitelen",
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          "word": "решителен"
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          "word": "decisiu"
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          "word": "rozhodný"
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          "word": "beslist"
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          "word": "реши́тельный"
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    },
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      "form": "most decisive",
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      "word": "decidable"
    },
    {
      "word": "decide"
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    {
      "word": "decided"
    }
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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          "text": "decisive vote",
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        },
        {
          "text": "decisive battle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
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          "decide"
        ],
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          "final",
          "final"
        ],
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        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "decisive victory"
        },
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          "ref": "1949, Joseph Campbell, “The Hero and the God”, in The Hero with a Thousand Faces",
          "text": "[F]abulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: […]",
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        }
      ],
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        [
          "definite",
          "definite"
        ],
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          "incontrovertible",
          "incontrovertible"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "decisive action",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1804, John Foster, Essays, in a Series of Letters",
          "text": "A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Marked by promptness and decision."
      ],
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        [
          "promptness",
          "promptness"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈsaɪsɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-aɪsɪv"
    },
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        "Southern-England"
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    {
      "word": "decided"
    },
    {
      "word": "positive"
    },
    {
      "word": "conclusive"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "həlledici"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rešavašt",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "решаващ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "decisiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "rozhodující"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "směrodatný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "afgørende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "beslissend"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "afdoend"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "doorslaggevend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "ratkaiseva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "décisif"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "decisivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "entscheidend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "ausschlaggebend"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apofasistikós",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "αποφασιστικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "krísimos",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "κρίσιμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hekhlet'y",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "החלטי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "döntő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "mérvadó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "cinntitheach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "cinniúnach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "decisivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "determinante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "sostanziale"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "izšķirošs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "تعیینکننده"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "decydujący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "przesądzający"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "rozsądzający"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "decisivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rešajuščij",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "решающий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "odlùčujūćī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "prȅsudan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "decisivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "avgörande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "utslagsgivande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "bestämmande"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vyrišálʹnyj",
      "sense": "having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy",
      "word": "виріша́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "qəti"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rešitelen",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "решителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "decisiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "rozhodný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "beslutsom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "besluitvaardig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "beslist"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "päättäväinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "ferme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "décidé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "entschlussfreudig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apofasistikós",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "αποφασιστικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "decisivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "deciso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "stanowczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "zdecydowany"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "bezapelacyjny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "decidido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rešítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "реши́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "ȍdlūčan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "decidido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "beslutsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "fast"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "resolut"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "bestämd"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rišúčyj",
      "sense": "marked by promptness and decision",
      "word": "рішу́чий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decisive"
}

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