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1 decisive
1 ( firm) [manner] très ferme, résolu ; [tone, reply] catégorique ; he is not decisive enough il n'a pas l'esprit de décision, il est trop indécis ; a more decisive leader un dirigeant plus ferme ;2 ( conclusive) [battle, factor, influence] décisif/-ive ; [argument] concluant ; it was decisive in forcing ou persuading him to resign cela l'a décidé à démissionner. -
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decisive [dɪˈsaɪsɪv]a. [battle, step, role] décisifb. [person, manner] décidé* * *[dɪ'saɪsɪv]1) ( firm) [manner, tone] ferme2) ( conclusive) [battle, factor] décisif/-ive; [argument] concluant -
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1) (final; putting an end to a contest, dispute etc: The battle was decisive.) décisif2) (showing decision and firmness: He's very decisive.) décidé•- decisively -
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adj.décisif; clef; déterminant; probant; concluantEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > decisive
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6 decisive influence
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > decisive influence
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7 decisive oath
Jur. serment décisoire "déféré par une des parties à l'adversaire pour en faire dépendre la solution du litige" [Petit Robert]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > decisive oath
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8 decisive proof
Jur. preuve concluanteEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > decisive proof
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9 critical
critical [ˈkrɪtɪkəl]1. adjectiveb. ( = decisive) critiquec. [patient] dans un état critiqued. ( = censorious) critique (of sb/sth à l'égard de qn/qch)e. [study, writings, edition] critique2. compounds* * *['krɪtɪkl]adjective [point, condition, remark] critique; [stage] crucial; [moment] décisif/-ive; [acclaim] de la critiqueto be critical of somebody/something — critiquer quelqu'un/quelque chose
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10 acid test
Pol. épreuve de vérité; épreuve décisive; fam. ça passe ou ça casseEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > acid test
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11 all-powerful influence
Pol. influence majeure ou décisiveEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > all-powerful influence
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12 conclusively
adv.de façon décisive, irréfutable, incontestableEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > conclusively
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13 landmark
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > landmark
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16 decisively
decisively [dɪˈsaɪsɪvlɪ]a. [defeat, reject, influence] de manière décisiveb. [speak, act] avec fermeté* * *[dɪ'saɪsɪvlɪ]adverb avec fermeté -
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potential [pəʊˈten∫əl]1. adjective2. noun• the meeting has the potential to be a decisive event cette réunion pourrait être un événement décisif━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━* * *[pə'tenʃl] 1.2.the potential to do — les qualités fpl nécessaires pour faire
adjective [buyer, danger, energy, market, value, victim] potentiel/-ielle; [champion, rival] en puissance; [investor] éventuel/-elle -
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run [rʌn]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = act of running) course fb. ( = outing) tour md. ( = series) série fe. ( = period of performance) her new series begins a run on BBC1 sa nouvelle série d'émissions va bientôt passer sur BBC1• the decisive goal arrived, against the run of play le but décisif a été marqué contre le cours du jeuh. ( = type) he didn't fit the usual run of petty criminals il n'avait pas le profil du petit malfaiteur ordinairei. ( = track for skiing) piste fj. ( = animal enclosure) enclos mk. (in tights) échelle f• things will sort themselves out in the long run les choses s'arrangeront avec le temps► on the runa. courir• to run down/off descendre/partir en courant• it runs in the family [characteristic] c'est de familleb. ( = flee) prendre la fuite• run for it! sauvez-vous !• to run into the sea [river] se jeter dans la mer► to run with ( = be saturated)d. ( = be candidate) être candidate. ( = be) I'm running a bit late je suis un peu en retard• inflation is running at 3% le taux d'inflation est de 3 %g. [bus, train, coach, ferry] assurer le service• the buses are running early/late/on time les bus sont en avance/en retard/à l'heureh. ( = function) [machine] marcher ; [factory] être en activité• but if it really happened he'd run a mile (inf) mais si ça se produisait, il aurait vite fait de se débiner (inf)b. ( = transport) [+ person] conduirec. ( = operate) [+ machine] faire marcher ; [+ computer program] exécuterd. ( = organize) [+ business] diriger ; [+ shop] tenir• the company runs extra buses at rush hours la société met en service des bus supplémentaires aux heures de pointe• the school is running courses for foreign students le collège organise des cours pour les étudiants étrangerse. ( = put, move) to run one's finger down a list suivre une liste du doigtf. ( = publish) publierg. ( = cause to flow) faire couler4. compounds• he gave me the run-around il s'est défilé (inf) ► run-down adjective [person] à plat (inf) ; [building, area] délabré► run-off noun [of contest] ( = second round) deuxième tour m ; ( = last round) dernier tour m ; [of pollutants] infiltrations fpl( = find) [+ object, quotation, reference] tomber sur• run along! sauvez-vous !► run away intransitive verb partir en courant ; ( = flee) [person] se sauver• he ran away with the funds ( = stole) il est parti avec la caisse► run away with inseparable transitive verba. ( = win easily) [+ race, match] gagner haut la mainb. you're letting your imagination run away with you tu te laisses emporter par ton imagination► run down separable transitive verba. ( = knock over) renverser ; ( = run over) écrasera. ( = meet) rencontrer par hasard• to run into difficulties or trouble se heurter à des difficultésb. ( = collide with) rentrer dansc. ( = amount to) s'élever à• the cost will run into thousands of euros le coût va atteindre des milliers d'euros► run out intransitive verba. [person] sortir en courantb. ( = come to an end) [lease, contract] expirer ; [supplies] être épuisé ; [period of time] être écoulé[+ supplies, money] être à court de ; [+ patience] être à bout de• to run out of petrol or gas (British, US) tomber en panne d'essence► run out on (inf) inseparable transitive verb[+ person] laisser tomber (inf)► run over( = recapitulate) reprendre• could you run that past me again? est-ce que tu pourrais m'expliquer ça encore une fois ?► run through inseparable transitive verba. ( = read quickly) parcourirb. ( = rehearse) [+ play] répéter• if I may just run through the principal points once more si je peux juste récapituler les points principaux► run to inseparable transitive verba. ( = seek help from) faire appel à ; ( = take refuge with) se réfugier dans les bras dec. ( = amount to) the article runs to several hundred pages l'article fait plusieurs centaines de pages► run up( = climb quickly) monter en courant ; ( = approach quickly) s'approcher en courantb. [+ bills] accumuler[+ problem, difficulty] se heurter à* * *[rʌn] 1.1) ( act of running) course fto give somebody a clear run — fig laisser le champ libre à quelqu'un ( at doing pour faire)
2) ( flight)to have somebody on the run — lit mettre quelqu'un en fuite; fig réussir à effrayer quelqu'un
to make a run for it — fuir, s'enfuir
3) ( series) série f4) Theatre série f de représentations5) ( trend) (of events, market) tendance fthe run of the cards/dice was against me — le jeu était contre moi
6) ( series of thing produced) ( in printing) tirage m; ( in industry) série f7) Finance ( on Stock Exchange) ruée f (on sur)8) (trip, route) trajet m9) (in cricket, baseball) point m10) (for rabbit, chickens) enclos m11) (in tights, material) échelle f12) ( for skiing etc) piste f13) ( in cards) suite f2.1) ( cover by running) courir [distance, marathon]2) ( drive)3) (pass, move)4) ( manage) dirigera well-/badly-run organization — une organisation bien/mal dirigée
5) ( operate) faire fonctionner [machine]; faire tourner [motor]; exécuter [program]; entretenir [car]6) (organize, offer) organiser [competition, course]; mettre [quelque chose] en place [bus service]7) ( pass) passer [cable]8) ( cause to flow) faire couler [bath]; ouvrir [tap]9) ( publish) publier [article]10) ( pass through) franchir [rapids]; forcer [blockade]; brûler [red light]11) ( smuggle) faire passer [quelque chose] en fraude12) ( enter) faire courir [horse]; présenter [candidate]3.1) ( move quickly) [person, animal] courirto run across/down something — traverser/descendre quelque chose en courant
to run for ou to catch the bus — courir pour attraper le bus
to come running — courir ( towards vers)
2) ( flee) fuir, s'enfuirrun for your life! —
run for it! — (colloq) sauve qui peut!, déguerpissons! (colloq)
3) (colloq) ( rush off) filer (colloq)4) ( function) [machine] marcherto run off — fonctionner sur [mains, battery]
to run fast/slow — [clock] prendre de l'avance/du retard
5) (continue, last) [contract, lease] courirto run from... to... — [school year, season] aller de... à...
7) ( pass)to run past/through — [frontier, path] passer/traverser
the road runs north for about ten kilometres — la route va vers le nord sur une dizaine de kilomètres
8) ( move) [sledge, vehicle] glisser; [curtain] coulisserto run through somebody's hands — [rope] filer entre les mains de quelqu'un
9) ( operate regularly) circuler10) ( flow) coulerthe streets will be running with blood — fig le sang coulera à flots dans les rues
11) ( flow when wet or melted) [dye, garment] déteindre; [makeup, butter] couler12) ( as candidate) se présenterto run for — être candidat/-e au poste de [mayor, governor]
to run for president — être candidat/-e à la présidence
13) ( be worded)the telex runs... — le télex se présente or est libellé comme suit...
14) ( snag) filer•Phrasal Verbs:- run at- run away- run down- run in- run into- run off- run on- run out- run over- run to- run up•• -
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(to fight on to a decisive end: Although they were both exhausted the armies fought it out until the attackers were victorious at dawn; Fight it out among yourselves which of you is to go.) lutter jusqu'au bout -
20 showdown
noun (an open, decisive quarrel etc ending a period of rivalry etc.) épreuve de force
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