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decisive

 
/dɪˈsaɪsɪv/ adjective

Translation

AFFECTING strongly affecting how a situation will progress or end
belirleyici
a decisive goal/victory Seeing that advertisement was a decisive moment in my life.2143
MAKE DECISIONS making decisions quickly and easily
kolay ve çabuk karar verebilen
You need to be more decisive. → Opposite indecisive1111
decisively adverb
kararlı bir şekilde
We must act quickly and decisively to stop the spread of the disease.
decisiveness noun [U]
kararlılık
(Definition of decisive adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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