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.
Many examples of the decisive effects of chance on the course of events emerge from his profound study of the Peloponnesian War of 431404 bc, and among the more interesting and decisive are those connected with the capture of Pylos in 425 bc.