decisive element

collocation in English

meaningsofdecisiveandelement

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decisive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/us
/dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/
able to make decisions quickly and confidently, or showing ...
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element
noun
uk
/ˈel.ɪ.mənt/us
/ˈel.ə.mənt/
a part ...
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(Definition ofdecisiveandelementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdecisive element

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The most important anddecisiveelementof the urban structure was the new railway station connected by major roads to the previously existing station.
From theCambridge English Corpus
My third comment is that technological innovation in vehicles is adecisiveelementin road safety.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This is adecisiveelementas far as the competitiveness of regional economies is concerned.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Compromises have already been negotiated behind the scenes, and a double majority, with population as adecisiveelement, has been approved as a principle.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We may have lost sight of two matters which perhaps make the divorce thedecisiveelement.
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It was because of these fundamental shortcomings, which mean that the report fails to deal with adecisiveelementin the fight against drugs, that we abstained.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
They represent the final and in some ways thedecisiveelementof his philosophical system.
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Cobblestone roads are adecisiveelementin some of the biggest professional cycling races.
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The masses are thedecisiveelement, they are the rock on which the final victory of the revolution will be built.
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In plan - and in the original competition drawings - the distribution of the functions and the resulting facade treatment were not however the decisive elements.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, there are some very decisive elements on which we need to work in a particular way.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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