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# decisive

«decisive» in Mova's school dictionary: **Decisive describes a person who can make decisions…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (decisive, more decisive, most decisive); adverb (decisively)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Decisive describes a person who can make decisions quickly and firmly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decisive/#m1)

2) Decisive means having the biggest effect on the result: «the decisive goal», «a decisive moment». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decisive/#m2)

3) Decisive means clear, with no doubt: «a decisive victory». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decisive/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories leaders and heroes are decisive; in sports and history the «decisive battle» or «decisive goal» settled the result. Phrases: «decisive moment», «decisive role», «act decisively».

### examples

- Our captain is decisive and makes quick plans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decisive/#x1)
- Her goal in the last minute was decisive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decisive/#x2)
- The battle was decisive and ended the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decisive/#x3)
- Be decisive: pick a book and start reading! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decisive/#x4)
- He acted decisively and called for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decisive/#x5)
- Winning 10–0 was a decisive victory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decisive/#x6)

### note

Opposite: «indecisive» (unable to decide). Related: decide, decision. Not «decisive» = cutting; that is «incisive».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «decisive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decisive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.