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Definitions for decided
dɪˈsaɪ dɪdde·cid·ed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. distinct, decidedadjective

    recognizable; marked

    "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"

Wiktionary

  1. decidedadjective

    determined; resolute

ChatGPT

  1. decided

    Decided is an adjective that refers to a clear and definite, settled or determined outcome, conclusion or solution. It can also refer to a person who has made a firm and clear decision or if something has been ended or resolved.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Decided

    of Decide

  2. Decidedadjective

    free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage

  3. Decidedadjective

    free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive; resolute; as, a decided opinion or purpose

Editors Contribution

  1. decidedverb

    Verb form of the word decide.

    We decided we are doing it, achieving it and united with each other to create optimum health and shared prosperity for everyone on planet earth in unity with the universal beings who are here to support us.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 8, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'decided' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #644

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'decided' in Written Corpus Frequency: #891

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of decided in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of decided in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of decided in a Sentence

  1. Hollie Geitner:

    Joan Smeltzer's something I'm still working through, at this point, I think it's OK for me to be undecided in that aspect as long as I'm decided on where I'm going to be in this election.

  2. Ellen Williams:

    What Musk has done that is creative and important is drive the learning curve. He's decided to take an existing, pretty powerful battery technology and start producing it on a very large scale, but it's not technology innovation in the sense of creating new ways of doing it. We are pretty well convinced that some of our technologies have the potential to be significantly better.

  3. Steve Vladeck:

    Roe wasn't decided in a vacuum ; it's part of a larger understanding of The Constitution that recognizes a right to privacy in text that doesn't expressly identify it, if there's a majority of Supreme Court justices no longer willing to recognize such a right in the context of abortion -- indeed, who believe Supreme Court should never have recognized Supreme Court -- then that calls into question those other rights, as well.

  4. Alessio Mamo:

    The trip was sometimes easy and sometimes hard, the difficulties started in Kas, a small village in Turkey from where they started their journey by boat to Greece. At the beginning, Somar thought to buy a small boat and try to cross the sea to Kastellorizo. Then he realized that was too hard, so he decided to pay a smuggler for around 1,000 euros each (about $1,100 U.S.).

  5. Vice President Biden on Tuesday:

    Vice President Biden on Tuesday said. Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner and former secretary of state, has claimed she recommended to President Obama that President Obama go ahead, while President Obama advisers were split. The VP comments come as Vice President Biden on Tuesday weighs whether to enter the 2016 Democratic presidential race. It's unclear whether Vice President Biden on Tuesday intentionally challenged Clinton's account, or simply offered an inadvertently flawed retelling of events. Biden on Tuesday also contradicted Vice President Biden on Tuesday past recollections of the deliberations, telling the forum that while Vice President Biden on Tuesday privately supported the raid, Vice President Biden on Tuesday did n’t want to say so in front of everyone else as it risked undercutting his relationship with President Obama if the president decided against the raid. Vice President Biden on Tuesday said Vice President Biden on Tuesday only advised President Obama to go ahead when the two were alone -- after advising in a Cabinet meeting that there should be another pass with a surveillance drone to make sure bin Laden really was at the compound. As we walked out of the room and walked up the stairs, I told Vice President Biden on Tuesday my opinion that I thought Vice President Biden on Tuesday should go but to follow Vice President Biden on Tuesday own instincts, i never, on a difficult issue, never say what I think finally until I go up in the Oval with Vice President Biden on Tuesday alone.

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