different between irrevocable vs decisive

English

Etymology

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin irrevocabilis; equivalent to ir- +? revoke +? -able.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????v?k?b(?)l/, /????v??k?b(?)l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????v?k?b(?)l/, /????vo?k?b(?)l/, /??i?vo?k?b(?)l/

Adjective

irrevocable (not comparable)

1. Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
   • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It act 1, scene 3:

     Firm and irrevocable is my doom

     Which I have pass'd upon her; she is banish'd.

   • 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, chapter 61:

     On each face, wonder and fear were painted vividly; each so still and silent, looking at the other over the black gulf of the irrevocable past.

   • 2005 April 28, Samuel Abt, "Cycling: Cipo retires. Definitely. Absolutely. Yes. Probably," New York Times (retrieved 27 April 2014):

     Once again, Mario Cipollini has announced his definite, absolute, unswerving and irrevocable decision to retire, and this time he means it. Probably.

Usage notes

• Pronunciations with antepenultimate stress are common, but sometimes proscribed.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

ir- +? revocable

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /i.r?.vo?ka.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /i.r?.bu?ka.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i.re.vo?ka.ble/

Adjective

irrevocable (masculine and feminine plural irrevocables)

1. irrevocable

Antonyms

• revocable

Derived terms

• irrevocabilitat
• irrevocablement

Further reading

• “irrevocable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Adjective

irrevocable (plural irrevocables)

1. irrevocable

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