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🤔 Making a choice 🏆 Final or crucial
deciding

deciding

3.2
Having the power to make the final result clear
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈsaɪdɪŋ/
translation icon : decisivo
  • But that ultimately is not going to be the deciding factor in whether this works.

I don't think that should be a deciding factor upfront.

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Examples

  • I don't think that should be a deciding factor upfront.

    Molly Burke

  • So I mean, I would say that the main deciding factors for bearing selection are temperature stability.

  • The team's performance in the last game was the deciding moment for their championship hopes.

  • Her presentation was the deciding influence in the committee's decision to approve the project.

  • The latest evidence proved to be the deciding factor in the case, leading to a swift conclusion.

Synonyms

definitive
vsdeciding
79 5.6

Clearly decided and not likely to change

is about having power to cause outcomes rather than merely being final
decisive
vsdeciding
74 4.0

A strong effect that changes the result

emphasizes power to make outcomes final rather than dramatic change
conclusive
vsdeciding
65 4.8

A result or proof that clearly shows something is true and leaves no doubt

is broader, meaning any quality that causes an outcome not only proof
determinative
vsdeciding
5 8.2

Having the power to decide the final outcome

leans toward being final rather than only shaping outcomes
determinant
vsdeciding
  • Formal
1 8.1

Having the power to decide the final result

focuses on finality rather than formality
determining
vsdeciding
4.1

Able to decide the final outcome

is more about being final and certain about the result

Antonyms

ambiguous
68 6.3

Not clear because it can have more than one meaning

inconclusive
55 6.5

Gives no clear decision or result

How Decisive

definitive
79 5.6
deciding
3.2
decisive
30 3.7

Surface Forms

deciding positive

Morphology

deciding = decide (transparent) = decide + ing

A standard present-participle adjective formed from the verb 'decide' indicating something that determines an outcome; the relation to 'decide' is direct.

Etymology

Deciding shares the same root as decide and decision, from Latin de- 'off' and caedere 'to cut'. Something called deciding 'cuts' away other possibilities and so determines the final result, which is why a 'deciding' match or vote decides the outcome.