What does decide mean?
Definitions for decide
dɪˈsaɪdde·cide
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Princeton's WordNet
decide, make up one's mind, determine(verb)
reach, make, or come to a decision about something
"We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate(verb)
bring to an end; settle conclusively
"The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
decide(verb)
cause to decide
"This new development finally decided me!"
decide(verb)
influence or determine
"The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"
Wiktionary
decide(Verb)
To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
Etymology: From décider or decidere, infintive of decido, from de + caedo.
decide(Verb)
To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
Etymology: From décider or decidere, infintive of decido, from de + caedo.
decide(Verb)
To cause someone to come to a decision.
Etymology: From décider or decidere, infintive of decido, from de + caedo.
Webster Dictionary
Decide(verb)
to cut off; to separate
Etymology: [L. decdere; de- + caedere to cut, cut off; prob. akin to E. shed, v.: cf. F. dcider. Cf. Decision.]
Decide(verb)
to bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle
Etymology: [L. decdere; de- + caedere to cut, cut off; prob. akin to E. shed, v.: cf. F. dcider. Cf. Decision.]
Decide(verb)
to determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion; to give decision; as, the court decided in favor of the defendant
Etymology: [L. decdere; de- + caedere to cut, cut off; prob. akin to E. shed, v.: cf. F. dcider. Cf. Decision.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Decide
de-sīd′, v.t. to determine: to end: to settle: to resolve.—adjs. Decid′able, capable of being decided; Decid′ed, determined: clear, unmistakable: resolute.—adv. Decid′edly. [O. Fr. decider—L. decidēre—de, away, cædĕre, to cut.]
Editors Contribution
decide
To act on a possibility.
They did decide together their love, understanding and unity was enough for them to marry earlier than planned.
Submitted by MaryC on February 22, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'decide' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1644
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'decide' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1089
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'decide' in Verbs Frequency: #89
Anagrams for decide »
de-iced, deiced
De-iced
Deiced
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of decide in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of decide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of decide in a Sentence
It's not our job to render conclusive factual findings. We just decide whether it is appropriate to file criminal charges.
There's a higher principle about the role of the federal government that runs into conflict with the raw emotions that play out after a tragedy and it squeezes Republicans, they're squeezed because the higher principle is Republican federal candidates place a lot of value in the right of states to decide these matters without federal interference -- whether it's an emotional issue like the flag, or whether it's gun rights, gay marriage.
We are likely to have a battle in Cleveland to decide who is the nominee, if you don’t want to see Donald Trump as the nominee, … then I ask you to please vote for the men and women on this slate.
I think we start out with a very healthy skepticism, we don't want to do anything that will interfere in any case that the Justice Department may decide to bring.
After episode five, Bob Durst sent an email to a friend saying, 'I'm in New Orleans. I'm going to check into a hotel under an assumed name. I'm going to watch episode six and see how bad it is, and then I'm going to decide if I'm going to go to Cuba,' he didn't end up going to Cuba because he was arrested, and that's a testament to the power of television.
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Translations for decide
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- besluitAfrikaans
- صمم, قررArabic
- qərar verməkAzerbaijani
- рашаць, рашыцьBelarusian
- реша, разрешавам, решавамBulgarian
- স্থির করাBengali
- decidirCatalan, Valencian
- rozhodnout, rozhodovatCzech
- beslutte, afgøreDanish
- festsetzen, beschließen, entscheidenGerman
- αποφασίζωGreek
- decidir, resolverSpanish
- otsustamaEstonian
- تصمیم گرفتنPersian
- ratkaista, päättää, valitaFinnish
- déciderFrench
- suidhich air, cuir roScottish Gaelic
- decidirGalician
- הכריעHebrew
- फ़ैसला करना, निर्णय करनाHindi
- dönt, eldönt, döntést hozHungarian
- որոշել, վճռելArmenian
- deciderInterlingua
- decidereItalian
- 決する, 決める, 解決Japanese
- გადაწყვეტა, გადაჭრაGeorgian
- шығаруKazakh
- សម្រេចចិត្ត, តាំងចិត្តKhmer
- 정하다, 해결하다Korean
- чыгаруу, чечүүKyrgyz
- statuo, edico, decido, sancio, decerno, constituoLatin
- ຕັດສິນໃຈLao
- nuspręstiLithuanian
- lemtLatvian
- одлучиMacedonian
- သန္နိဌာန်ချ, ဆုံးဖြတ်Burmese
- besluiten, beslissenDutch
- zdecydować, decydowaćPolish
- decidirPortuguese
- decide, convingeRomanian
- решить, решатьRussian
- odlúčiti, одлу́читиSerbo-Croatian
- rozhodnúť, rozhodovaťSlovak
- odločitiSlovene
- vendosAlbanian
- beslutaSwedish
- тасмим гирифтанTajik
- ตัดสิน, ตัดสินใจThai
- ýüregine düwmek, ýüregne düwmekTurkmen
- karar vermekTurkish
- вирішувати, вирішитиUkrainian
- فیصلہ کرناUrdu
- qasd qilmoqUzbek
- quyết địnhVietnamese
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