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When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.
George W. Bush

Meaning of "decisive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DECISIVE

decisive  [dɪˈsaɪsɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECISIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decisive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DECISIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Decisive

Decisive is a self-serve mobile advertising demand-side platform that helps small and mid-sized businesses set up mobile advertising campaigns and analyze the results in real-time. Decisive is based in SoHo, New York. Decisive offers tools for creating, analyzing, and optimizing mobile advertising campaigns, including time, location, device, and audience targeting, a live reports feature, and SmartCPM, a spend option that uses historical advertising data to help optimize advertising campaigns. Decisive uses real-time bidding technology to help its customers bid on advertising inventory instantaneously.

Definition of decisive in the English dictionary

The definition of decisive in the dictionary is influential; conclusive. Other definition of decisive is characterized by the ability to make decisions, esp quickly; resolute.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECISIVE


abrasive
əˈbreɪsɪv
all-pervasive
ˌɔːlpəˈveɪsɪv
derisive
dɪˈraɪsɪv
dismissive
dɪsˈmɪsɪv
dissuasive
dɪˈsweɪsɪv
divisive
dɪˈvaɪsɪv
emissive
ɪˈmɪsɪv
evasive
ɪˈveɪsɪv
incisive
ɪnˈsaɪsɪv
indecisive
ˌɪndɪˈsaɪsɪv
invasive
ɪnˈveɪsɪv
noninvasive
ˌnɒnɪnˈveɪsɪv
permissive
pəˈmɪsɪv
persuasive
pəˈsweɪsɪv
pervasive
pɜːˈveɪsɪv
precisive
prɪˈsaɪsɪv
subdivisive
ˌsʌbdɪˈvaɪsɪv
submissive
səbˈmɪsɪv
undecisive
ˌʌndɪˈsaɪsɪv
unpersuasive
ˌʌnpəˈsweɪsɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECISIVE

decipherable
decipherer
decipherment
decision
decision support system
decision table
decision theory
decision time
decision tree
decision-maker
decision-making
decisional
decisively
decisiveness
decisory
decistere
decitizenise
decitizenize
decivilise
decivilize

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECISIVE

abusive
adhesive
aggressive
all-inclusive
comprehensive
defensive
excessive
exclusive
expensive
extensive
impressive
inclusive
intensive
massive
offensive
on the defensive
passive
progressive
responsive
visive

Synonyms and antonyms of decisive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DECISIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «decisive» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of decisive

Translation of «decisive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECISIVE

Find out the translation of decisive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decisive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decisive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

决定性的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decisivo
570 millions of speakers

English

decisive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निर्णायक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حَاسِم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

решительный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decisivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষ্পত্তিমূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décisif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tegas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entschlossen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

決定的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

결정적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nemtokake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mang tính quyết định
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீர்மானகரமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निर्णायक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belirleyici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decisivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

decydujący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рішучий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decisiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποφασιστικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beslissende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beslutsam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avgjørende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decisive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECISIVE»

The term «decisive» is very widely used and occupies the 21.199 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECISIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «decisive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «decisive» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decisive

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10 QUOTES WITH «DECISIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word decisive.
1
Georges Bataille
The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil.
2
Hassanal Bolkiah
The development of our human resources is an area in which we need to do well as it is decisive in determining the success of our diversification programme.
3
George W. Bush
When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.
4
Bradley Byrne
There is no doubt ISIS poses a clear, direct threat to the United States, and decisive action is badly needed.
5
Dick Cheney
Direct threats require decisive action.
6
Carl von Clausewitz
Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
7
Georges Cuvier
Secondly, the nature of the revolutions which have altered the surface of the earth must have had a more decisive effect on the terrestrial quadrupeds than on the marine animals.
8
Bao Dai
In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.
9
Robert Delaunay
This communication alone, by the comparison of the antagonisms, rivalries, movements which give birth to decisive moments, permits the evolution of the soul, whereby a man realizes himself on earth. It is impossible to be concerned with anything else in art.
10
Joseph Epstein
The decisive moment in the defeat of upper class, capital-S, Society may have come when, in newspapers all over the nation, what used to be call the Society page was replaced by the Style section.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECISIVE»

Discover the use of decisive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decisive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Decisive: How to make better choices in life and work
Winner in the Practical Manager category of the CMI Management Book of the Year awards 2014.
Chip Heath, Dan Heath, 2013
2
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
In Decisive, the Heath brothers, drawing on extensive studies, stories and research, offer specific, practical tools that can help us to think more clearly about our options, and get out of our heads, to improve our decision making, at work ...
Chip Heath, Dan Heath, 2013
3
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
Because the right decision, at the right moment, can make all the difference. From the Hardcover edition.
Chip Heath, Dan Heath, 2013
4
100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present
Surveys the one hundred most decisive battles in world history from the Battle of Megiddo in 1469 B.C. to Desert Storm, 1991.
Paul K. Davis, 1999
5
Decisive Encounters: The Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950
Though the book highlights military matters, it also shows how campaigns were mounted alongside profound changes in politics, society, and culture—changes that ultimately contributed as much to the character of today’s China as did the ...
Odd Arne Westad, 2003
6
Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity
This new edition includes a new preface; updates throughout the book; revised "further readings" for each chapter; and two new chapters, including one spotlighting Vatican II and Lausanne as turning points of the recent past.
Mark A. Noll, 2012
7
Decisive moments in history: twelve historical miniatures
Contains 12 brief accounts by Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) of decisive historical moments in which an individual's will to discover, create, and transcend the limits imposed by the temporal and physical environment conflicts with the individual ...
Stefan Zweig, Lowell A. Bangerter, 1999
8
Be Decisive (Jeremiah): Taking a Stand for the Truth
Part of Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe's best-selling "BE" commentary series, Be Decisive has now been updated with study questions and a new introduction by Ken Baugh.
Warren W. Wiersbe, 2010
9
Decisive Games in Chess History
International Grandmaster analyzes key games in 65 of the most important matches of the last 100 years. Extensive diagrams and indices.
Ludek Pachman, 1987
10
The Decisive Moment: How the Brain Makes Up Its Mind
The Decisive Moment tells the amazing story of what goes on in the brain when we make a decision. In lucid and accessible prose Lehrer presents cutting-edge neuroscience and psychological research.
Jonah Lehrer, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECISIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decisive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Confederate flag faces decisive vote in SC House — where it's likely …
A Confederate flag stands in front of the South Carolina State House in Columbia, South Carolina July 4, 2015. (REUTERS/Tami Chappell). «Raw Story, Jul 15»
2
Bizman: Proposed town center decisive move for San Fernando …
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Pampanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. vice-chairman Rene Romero lauded Wednesday the ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
3
Quick action gives fire crews decisive win
Powell River Fire Rescue added another decisive victory after extinguishing a small brush fire in the middle of town, a fire that has investigators ... «Powell River Peak, Jul 15»
4
The victory of the "no" announces decisive battles against the Troika
The victory of the "no" announces decisive battles against the Troika. Wednesday 8 July 2015 , by Fourth International ... «International Viewpoint, Jul 15»
5
Local Greek leader thankful for decisive referendum
Greece's decisive rejection of a European bailout in a referendum Sunday shocked political leaders on that continent even as it sparked parties ... «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»
6
Fintan O'Toole: EU has taken decisive turn from democracy
By rejecting an attempt to force their elected government from office, the Greeks have acted as good Europeans. They have given the European ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
7
The Luxembourgish EU Presidency to play decisive role at COP 21
In particular the Luxembourgish Presidency will be taking on a lead role in the preparation of the EU's engagement strategy at the decisive UN ... «Bellona, Jul 15»
8
Nifty call: Go long on decisive rally above 8560 with fixed stop-loss
Only a decisive breakthrough of this band between 8,550 and 8,560 will pave the way for an up-move to 8,580 and then to 8,600 levels. «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
9
EUR/USD: Watching The Decisive T-Junction At 1.0962/55 - JP …
“Below, 1.0962/55 remains at risk, which is the decisive T-junction to distinguish between a temporary set back only and a deeper one to the ... «Forex Crunch, Jul 15»
10
Canada's First Nations aim to be decisive in next election
Canada's 36th First Nations Annual General Assembly began on Tuesday in Montreal, following weeks of media controversy. Collectively, First ... «Blouin News Blogs, Jul 15»

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