dispositive
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- adjective
- /dɪsˈpɒzɪtɪv/
- Formal
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dispositivo
- For example, Mr. Hart asserts that the use of the new image is dispositive.
Examples
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But the school's behavior, not the purported immaturity of high school students, is dispositive.
Academic text (1990) -
The dispositive evidence presented during the trial led to the defendant's acquittal.
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But it is not dispositive of it; these methods are too crude to know for sure.
Blog text (33) -
But my objections are not dispositive here; the real issues are elsewhere.
Blog text (29) -
We did not, in any of these cases, hold that satisfying the condition was sufficient or dispositive.
Academic text (1996) -
However, the ruling in Welch is not as dispositive as it seems and may be open to attack.
Academic text (1999) -
A prior domestic violence restraining order may constitute a relevant or even dispositive factor in determining the application of a DV presumption.
Academic text (2016) -
The judge's decision was dispositive in settling the legal dispute between the two parties.
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The contract includes a dispositive clause outlining how disputes will be resolved.
Antonyms
How Decisive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dispositive is related to the common words dispose and disposal and comes from the parts dis- 'away' and pose 'place'. So a dispositive order puts the matter away, which is why it decides or settles the issue.