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Meaning of decisive

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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