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Swahili

kitendakazi

kee-tehn-dah-KAH-zee

How to say it

Swahilikitendakazikee-tehn-dah-KAH-zeesoon
Englishdeciding factorsoon
Frenchfacteur déterminantsoon

Meaning

a decisive factor, something that determines the outcome of a matter.

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determining/decisive factor

Examples

  • Bei ilikuwa kitendakazi katika uamuzi wake wa kununua.Price was the decisive factor in his decision to buy.
  • Hali ya hewa ilikuwa kitendakazi kikubwa katika mchezo ule.The weather was a major deciding factor in that match.
  • Je, ni kitendakazi gani kilichoamua matokeo ya uchaguzi?What was the deciding factor in the election results?

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