decide
To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
Example
“The election will be decided on foreign policies.”
Other meanings
To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
“You must decide between good and evil.”
To cause someone to come to a decision.
“Your admonition decided me against my intended course of action.”
Synonyms
- determine
Related words
- decidability
- decidable
- decidement
- decidophobia
- misdecide
- predecide
- redecide
- undecide
- decide on
- decide upon
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "dēcīdere".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “decide” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.