What does decide mean?
Definitions for decide
dɪˈsaɪdde·cide
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word decide.
Princeton's WordNet
decide, make up one's mind, determineverb
reach, make, or come to a decision about something
"We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
decide, settle, resolve, adjudicateverb
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"
decideverb
cause to decide
"This new development finally decided me!"
decideverb
influence or determine
"The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"
Wiktionary
decideverb
To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
Etymology: From décider or decidere, infintive of decido, from de + caedo.
decideverb
To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
Etymology: From décider or decidere, infintive of decido, from de + caedo.
decideverb
To cause someone to come to a decision.
Etymology: From décider or decidere, infintive of decido, from de + caedo.
Webster Dictionary
Decideverb
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.]
Decideverb
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.]
Decideverb
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 action a possibility.
They decide together their love, understanding, solidarity and unity is so beautiful for them to marry
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
Decide never to give up on your dream/destiny/vision. Rather, hold on to your God-given dream/destiny/vision and dare to realize/fulfill it outrightly. Knowing/believing that it's never late or too late to discover/realize/fulfill your God-given dream/destiny/vision. Oh! Yes, as long as you are still alive it's never late or too late to do just that, unless you do think otherwise.
I visualize to the audience and I tell them ahead of time, I’m going to be saying these and I know they’re offensive to you – let’s decide why they’re offensive and who’s making that decision, i have a whole bit about PC correct and what it is. He added: I understand where we are, and we’ve made some adjustments and I said I like pushing stuff and making everybody laugh on stage, but you take stuff I said out of context? We were laughing about this and it’s not even funny.
Depending on the salinity level we decide whether to open the gates of the small dam that distributes water to the village.
It's difficult to rule out that if the Covid-19 impact expands or becomes more prolonged, carriers may decide to delay 5G investment, which may have a negative impact on our business.
There was, and is, a time and place for pandemic restrictions. But when they were put in, it was always with the understanding that they would be removed as soon as we can. And, in this case, circumstances have changed. Case counts are declining. Also, the science has changed, the responsibility should shift from a government mandate imposed from the state or the local district of the school … it should shift to an individual responsibility by the family, who can still decide that their child can wear a mask if needed.
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- besluitAfrikaans
- صمم, قررArabic
- qərar verməkAzerbaijani
- рашаць, рашыцьBelarusian
- реша, решавам, разрешавамBulgarian
- স্থির করাBengali
- decidirCatalan, Valencian
- rozhodnout, rozhodovatCzech
- afgøre, beslutteDanish
- festsetzen, entscheiden, beschließenGerman
- αποφασίζωGreek
- decidir, resolverSpanish
- otsustamaEstonian
- تصمیم گرفتنPersian
- ratkaista, valita, päättääFinnish
- déciderFrench
- suidhich air, cuir roScottish Gaelic
- decidirGalician
- הכריעHebrew
- निर्णय करना, फ़ैसला करनाHindi
- döntést hoz, eldönt, döntHungarian
- վճռել, որոշելArmenian
- deciderInterlingua
- decidereItalian
- 決する, 解決, 決めるJapanese
- გადაწყვეტა, გადაჭრაGeorgian
- шығаруKazakh
- សម្រេចចិត្ត, តាំងចិត្តKhmer
- 해결하다, 정하다Korean
- чечүү, чыгарууKyrgyz
- constituo, statuo, decerno, edico, decido, sancioLatin
- ຕັດສິນໃຈLao
- nuspręstiLithuanian
- lemtLatvian
- одлучиMacedonian
- ဆုံးဖြတ်, သန္နိဌာန်ချBurmese
- besluiten, beslissenDutch
- decydować, zdecydowaćPolish
- decidirPortuguese
- convinge, decideRomanian
- решить, решатьRussian
- одлу́чити, odlúčitiSerbo-Croatian
- rozhodnúť, rozhodovaťSlovak
- odločitiSlovene
- vendosAlbanian
- beslutaSwedish
- тасмим гирифтанTajik
- ตัดสินใจ, ตัดสินThai
- ýüregne düwmek, ýüregine düwmekTurkmen
- karar vermekTurkish
- вирішувати, вирішитиUkrainian
- فیصلہ کرناUrdu
- qasd qilmoqUzbek
- quyết địnhVietnamese
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