decisive

About 10.31 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.

   decisive vote

2. adjective Decided; definite; incontrovertible.

   decisive victory

3. adjective Marked by promptness and decision, resolute; without hesitation.

   decisive action

4. adjective ↑ Hurd, Seth P. (1847), “Decisive”, in “False Pronunciation”, in A Grammatical Corrector; or, A Vocabulary of the Common Errors of Speech‎, Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co, →OCLC, page 80.

Similar words

conclusive definite determinant crucial important fateful resolute fatal peremptory critical

Often followed by

factor role in battle victory action for influence and

Word family

decisively decisiveness decisivenesses