determinative

Of course, special elections aren't determinative of what will happen in November.

As a result Middlesex presents a view of history that is as determinative and linear as you will find in any Greek myth.

In Middlesex history is not just determinative; it is also cyclical.

Uhry herself doesn't believe those qualities predict school success, but she thinks they are determinative in school admissions.

The reader should remember the name, for it was the scene of one of the most remarkable and determinative events in history.

The internal condition is determinative, for things that are boresome to one may be very interesting to another.

While ìd means primarily “water of the sea”, it is much used also as a determinative before names of rivers.

It is a confirmatory method rather than a determinative one.

The utterances of the Independent were determinative of popular thought and conviction in an extraordinary degree.