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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

decisive
    adj 1: determining or having the power to determine an outcome;
           "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive
           influence" [ant: indecisive]
    2: unmistakable; "had a decisive lead in the polls"
    3: characterized by decision and firmness; "an able and decisive
       young woman"; "we needed decisive leadership"; "she gave him
       a decisive answer" [ant: indecisive]
    4: forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a
       critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test" [syn:
       critical, decisive]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Decisive \De*ci*sive\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]cisif. See Decision.]
   1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or
      controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy;
      final; conclusive. "A decisive, irrevocable doom."
      --Bates. "Decisive campaign." --Macaulay. "Decisive
      proof." --Hallam.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Marked by promptness and decision.
      [1913 Webster]

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

   Syn: Decided; positive; conclusive. See Decided. --
        De*ci"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ci"sive*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Decisive:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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