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English

Etymology

From Middle French décisif

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??sa?s?v/
• Rhymes: -a?s?v

Adjective

decisive (comparative more decisive, superlative most decisive)

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

   A decisive vote
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

References

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

• decisive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• iDevices

Italian

Adjective

decisive

1. feminine plural of decisivo

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin d?c?si?, d?c?si?nis, from d?c?d? (“to decide”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??s???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

decision (countable and uncountable, plural decisions)

1. The act of deciding.
2. A choice or judgement.

3. (uncountable) Firmness of conviction.

4. (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.

5. (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

Usage notes

• (choice or judgment): Most often, to decide something is to make a decision; however, other possibilities exist as well. Many verbs used with destination or conclusion, such as reach, come to, and arrive at can also be used with decision; these serve to emphasize that the decision is the result of deliberation. Finally, some varieties of English prefer to take a decision rather than make one.
• See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for uses and meaning of decision collocated with these words.
• Adjectives often applied to "decision": important, difficult, big, tough, bad, informed, easy, personal, smart, poor, good, quick, major, strategic, wise, serious, hard, stupid, hasty, responsible, complex, prudent, deliberate, significant, collective, delayed, challenging, careful, foolish, small, rash, thoughtful, slow, clever, forced, uninformed.

Derived terms

Related terms

• decide
• decisive

Translations

Verb

decision (third-person singular simple present decisions, present participle decisioning, simple past and past participle decisioned)

1. (boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout

Further reading

• decision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• coin dies, iconised

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin, see above

Noun

decision f (plural decisions)

1. decision

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin d?c?si?.

Pronunciation

Noun

decision f (plural decisions)

1. decision

Related terms

• decidir