Decisive

See also décisive

English

Adjective

Decisive (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive Decisive

Comparative {{{1}}}

Superlative {{{2}}}

1. 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

2. Marked by promptness and decision.

   A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. -J. Foster.

Synonyms

• decided
• positive
• conclusive

Antonyms

• indecisive

Derived terms

• decisively
• decisiveness

Related terms

• decidable
• decided

Translations

having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy

Bulgarian: решаващ bg(bg) Croatian: odlùčujūćī hr(hr), prȅsudan hr(hr) Czech: rozhodující cs(cs), směrodatný cs(cs) Danish: afgørende da(da) Dutch: beslissend nl(nl), afdoend nl(nl), doorslaggevend nl(nl) Finnish: ratkaiseva fi(fi)

German: entscheidend de(de), ausschlaggebend de(de) Greek: αποφασιστικός, -ή, -ό Hebrew: החלטי (hekhlet'y) Italian: decisivo it(it) Portuguese: decisivo pt(pt) m. Russian: решительный ru(ru) (r'ešít'el'nyj)

marked by promptness and decision

Bulgarian: решителен bg(bg) Croatian: ȍdlūčan hr(hr) Czech: rozhodný cs(cs) Danish: beslutsom da(da) Dutch: besluitvaardig, beslist

Finnish: päättäväinen fi(fi) German: entschlussfreudig de(de) Greek: αποφασιστικός, -ή, -ό Italian: decisivo it(it) Russian: решительный ru(ru) (r'ešít'el'nyj)

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French: décisif

References

• Decisive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Part or all of this page 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

• Decisive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Adjective

decisive

1. Feminine plural of decisivo

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