Vocabulary
Decisive
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
settling an issue; producing a definite result.
Urdu meaning
مستعجل تند تیز عجلت باز
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- `Ordinary` readers might not know, but in every discussion, every debate, every understanding and every decision made, there was a significant, and most times decisive, component of the news media reporting.
- The reason is simple: a strong government with a decisive mandate may resist bureaucratic demands and challenge well-entrenched power structures unlike weaker governments, which are more pliable.
- Both New Delhi and Islamabad presented claims of a decisive triumph to their respective citizens.
- The decisive judicial blow came on Sept 11 for many Latin Americans a day associated more with the 1973 military coup in Chile than the toppling of the twin towers in 2001.
- The head of states of nearly 60 countries had gathered in Doha to produce a decisive response to Israel after its attack on Qatar last week.
Synonyms
deciding, conclusive, determining, final, settling, key, pivotal, critical
Curator example
“the archers played a decisive part in the victory”
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