Definition of decisiveness in English:
decisiveness
noun dɪˈsʌɪsɪvnəsdəˈsaɪsəvnəs
mass noun1The ability to make decisions quickly and effectively.
the crisis will require leadership and decisiveness to resolve it
he criticized the government for its lack of decisiveness
Example sentencesExamples
- Most people admire decisiveness and despise vacillation.
- She thinks decisiveness comes from having adequate information about the matters at hand.
- Nevertheless, Smith feels the new restrictions can only engender more decisiveness in transfer decisions.
- I hope that the leaders of this great nation will now show decisiveness and compassion, so as to mitigate the consequences of a terrible crime.
- The new FDA commissioner is demonstrating an impressive decisiveness and understanding of agency bureaucracy.
- From the start, Holliday and his team have made decisiveness one of their cardinal virtues.
- Other, older players are discovering a quiet decisiveness under the German.
- He had the decisiveness and political support to override grassroot prejudices to advance his country's interest.
- Those who say that he lacks decisiveness in his actions should reflect upon the decisions he made during our darkest hours.
- Some years ago, I was in Judge Kessler's courtroom and admired the crisp decisiveness of her judicial temperament.
2The conclusive nature of an issue that has been settled or a result that has been produced.
there was no doubting the decisiveness of his victory
the decisiveness of the policy
Example sentencesExamples
- Formed officially in 1775, the American Field Artillery has been the kingpin in the decisiveness of every key battle in which our country has participated.
- Any belief New Zealand had in repeating the victory they secured against Australia 12 months ago was shattered by the decisiveness of the Kangaroos' start to the second half.
- The decisiveness of the defeat is a clear signal that change is going to come, that the old order and the old certainties are no more.
- An official Air Force report, while careful to claim the "decisiveness of airpower," also decried the gradual approach of the war.
- But in addition to drama, a game must also have decisiveness: it should be possible ultimately for one player to achieve an advantage from which the other player cannot recover.
- Emphasizing the importance of air support to tanks, he argued that such forces would restore mobility and decisiveness to warfare.
- And he's going to win with the same decisiveness that the Red Sox won the series.
- This study examined this contention to determine the decisiveness of non-lethal technologies as an element of military strategy.
- Sargent's work is marked by its exceptional lucidity, its exactness of expression and by the decisiveness of her results.
- For Lismore however the decisiveness of the defeat is a setback, and they will have it all to do to get back into contention via the losers' group.
Definition of decisiveness in US English:
decisiveness
noundəˈsīsəvnəsdəˈsaɪsəvnəs
1The ability to make decisions quickly and effectively.
the crisis will require leadership and decisiveness to resolve it
he criticized the government for its lack of decisiveness
Example sentencesExamples
- From the start, Holliday and his team have made decisiveness one of their cardinal virtues.
- He had the decisiveness and political support to override grassroot prejudices to advance his country's interest.
- Other, older players are discovering a quiet decisiveness under the German.
- Some years ago, I was in Judge Kessler's courtroom and admired the crisp decisiveness of her judicial temperament.
- She thinks decisiveness comes from having adequate information about the matters at hand.
- Most people admire decisiveness and despise vacillation.
- Those who say that he lacks decisiveness in his actions should reflect upon the decisions he made during our darkest hours.
- The new FDA commissioner is demonstrating an impressive decisiveness and understanding of agency bureaucracy.
- Nevertheless, Smith feels the new restrictions can only engender more decisiveness in transfer decisions.
- I hope that the leaders of this great nation will now show decisiveness and compassion, so as to mitigate the consequences of a terrible crime.
2The conclusive nature of an issue that has been settled or a result that has been produced.
there was no doubting the decisiveness of his victory
the decisiveness of the policy
Example sentencesExamples
- Sargent's work is marked by its exceptional lucidity, its exactness of expression and by the decisiveness of her results.
- But in addition to drama, a game must also have decisiveness: it should be possible ultimately for one player to achieve an advantage from which the other player cannot recover.
- And he's going to win with the same decisiveness that the Red Sox won the series.
- Formed officially in 1775, the American Field Artillery has been the kingpin in the decisiveness of every key battle in which our country has participated.
- An official Air Force report, while careful to claim the "decisiveness of airpower," also decried the gradual approach of the war.
- The decisiveness of the defeat is a clear signal that change is going to come, that the old order and the old certainties are no more.
- For Lismore however the decisiveness of the defeat is a setback, and they will have it all to do to get back into contention via the losers' group.
- Emphasizing the importance of air support to tanks, he argued that such forces would restore mobility and decisiveness to warfare.
- Any belief New Zealand had in repeating the victory they secured against Australia 12 months ago was shattered by the decisiveness of the Kangaroos' start to the second half.
- This study examined this contention to determine the decisiveness of non-lethal technologies as an element of military strategy.