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 an 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}]