adjective
- Determining or having the power to determine an outcome.
- usage: "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence"
- Unmistakable.
- usage: "had a decisive lead in the polls"
- Characterized by decision and firmness.
- usage: "an able and decisive young woman"; "we needed decisive leadership"; "she gave him a decisive answer"
- Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis.
- usage: "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"
- synonyms: critical
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