decisive factor
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4.2
- noun
- /dɪˈsaɪsɪv ˈfæktər/
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factor decisivo
- The lack of funding was a decisive factor in the project's failure.
But it's it's still, you know, it's it's very much for me to be decisive factor in the game.
- But it's it's still, you know, it's it's very much for me to be decisive factor in the game.
Examples
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The production of machines, measured in ships, tanks, planes, and guns, is the decisive factor in the destiny of nations.
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According to Algerian academic Mohamed Baghdad, the Libyan crisis could "be a decisive factor in redrawing the map of the Maghreb region as a whole."
Academic text (2015) -
And he he knew that Japan and Germany lacked oil, and that was a decisive factor in their defeat.
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The Court said you can't use race in a mechanical way, and it should not be a decisive factor.
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But religion is a decisive factor in the conflict, and to ignore that is to simply ignore facts.
Blog text (2) -
Nonetheless, the allocation of votes by supporters of losing primary candidates was a decisive factor in the general election outcome.
Academic text (1998) -
The effectiveness of the "No" propaganda and the failure of the government's media campaign were decisive factors in the outcome of the plebiscite.
Academic text (1991) -
Human capital is considered to be one of the decisive factors in forming the comparative advantage of a knowledge-intensive commodity.
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Regardless of the difficulties facing Cuba's leaders, the decisive factor has been the unfeasibility of the current model.
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A community's economic status is another decisive factor: schools in low-income areas often offer markedly less in terms of arts courses and activities.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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6.8
A factor that strongly affects the result of something
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3.7
A fact or condition that decides the result of something
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6.2
A fact or argument that finally decides a debate
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6.8
A key event or fact that decides what happens next
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4.6
A match that shows the winner
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4.5
A thing or condition that directly makes something happen
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7.0
A last fact, action, or event that decides the result
A main reason that makes you choose something
How Crucial
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'decisive' (causing a turning point or determining outcome) with 'factor' (an element influencing a result); together they straightforwardly denote an element that determines the outcome. This is a regular adjective + noun compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Decisive factor can be pictured as a balance scale: many things are like small weights, and one last weight tips the scale and 'decides' the result. So the decisive factor (the final factor) is the single point or fact that finally decides what will happen.