A system is a general set of parts, steps, or components that are connected to form a more complex whole. For example, a computer system contains processors, memory, electrical pathways, a power supply, etc. For a very different example, a business is a system made up of methods, procedures, and routines.
LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. adjective. The definition of decisive is having the ability to make decisions or something that determines what comes next. 1  An example of decisive is a person who always makes up her mind firmly and quickly.
The optics of the war, that is, how things outwardly appear, is of decisive importance in this fourth year of war. In view of the superhuman sacrifices that the front makes each day, it has a basic right to expect that no one at home claims the right to ignore the war and its demands.