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decisive

adj
/dɪˈsaɪsɪv/UK/dɪˈsɪsɪv/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from dēcīdere
  2. derived from decider
  3. inherited from deciden
  4. suffixed as decisive — “decide + ive”

Definitions

  1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy

    Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.

    • decisive vote
    • decisive battle
    • 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

    Decided; definite; incontrovertible.

    • decisive victory
    • [F]abulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: […]

  3. Marked by promptness and decision, resolute

    Marked by promptness and decision, resolute; without hesitation.

    • decisive action
    • a decisive person
    • A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character.

The neighborhood

Derived

decisively, decisiveness, nondecisive, undecisive

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at decisive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at decisive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at decisive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA