Antonym: indecisive. Similar words: decision, derisive, precise, precisely, imprecise, decide, decide on, passive. Meaning: [dɪ'saɪsɪv] adj. 1. determining or having the power to determine an outcome 2. unmistakable 3. characterized by decision and firmness 4. forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis.
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151 The decisive goal in the dying seconds of the first half was a beauty.
152 This unity enabled the Alliance to intervene into the discourse of municipal politics in a skilful and decisive manner.
153 President Bill Clinton will represent a decisive break from 12 years of Republican Party rule.
154 Perhaps even more than Althusser, Foucault represents a decisive move away from economic determinism.
155 Thus, they have a decisive influence over the results in most of the elections.
156 He took four of six rounds and yet without ever making his supporters believe that a decisive victory was on the cards.
157 So accumulation played the decisive role in maintaining favourable demand conditions.
158 The next decisive step was the discovery of the chemical nature of genes.
159 The seller thus wants to make acceptance as quick, simple and decisive as possible.
160 Conversely, there might be too little capacity for decisive action in a cabinet system when there is no stable majority.
161 The evidence from shrines, temples and churches erected to meet the needs of literate societies is even more decisive.
162 Lugh was going to be playing a decisive part in this victory.
163 Of the smaller parties(Sentencedict.com), the Workers' Party was the most decisive in favouring the change.
164 These organizations played a decisive role in forging patient links with the outside world.
165 Its decisive decline is often said to have dated from the thirteenth century.
166 The decisive goal came after 57 minutes when Holdsworth's centre was missed by Mimms who was under pressure from Nogan.
167 The death of his wife in 1849 was probably a decisive factor in Hill's decision to quit.
168 But the view from the col was decisive and I stayed to indulge my vanity.
169 The Women's Cooperative Guild played a decisive role in helping to secure for Labour the newly-enfranchised female vote.
170 A young titan enters the decisive phase of his life when he resolves on marriage and career.
171 She would then telephone Miranda,(www.Sentencedict.com) the most decisive of the three sisters.
172 And last night he eluded his two markers to decisive effect although they shadowed him well for much of the match.
173 And such changes mark a decisive shift away from local democracy.
174 It marks a decisive shift on the part of the Sri Lankan government to sacrifice self-reliance for the possibility of increased foreign revenues.
175 Consequently, developments in the international financial structure have had a decisive influence on how wealth-creating activities are divided among nations.
176 The result of the battle were speedily decisive.
177 Saudati's goal in the 55th minute was decisive.
178 One must be decisive, not irresolute.
179 They attained a decisive victory in the hard-fought battle.
180 The adhesion of Seville was decisive.
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