decide

1. (ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
2. (intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
3. (transitive) To cause someone to come to a decision.
4. Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input.
5. (obsolete) To cut off; to separate.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈsaɪd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: deciden

In summary

From Middle English deciden, from Old French decider, from Latin dēcīdere, infinitive of dēcīdō (“cut off, decide”), from dē (“down from”) + caedō (“cut”).

Synonyms

determine

resolve

settle

judge

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conclude

make a decision

rule

fix

set

make up one’s mind

adjudicate

plan

solve

intend

arrange

consider

ascertain

arbitrate

decree

order

think

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cut

sentence

agree

make up one's mind

appoint

establish

choose

adjudge

vote

agree on

tie

come to the conclusion

terminate

diminish

settle on

deliver judgement

designate

reflect

see

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decision

decipher

cause

define

decided

reason

judgement

induce

estimate

assign

Translations

décider

entscheiden

decidere

decidir

beschließen

decidir

beslissen

besluiten

résoudre

bestimmen

juger

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αποφασίζω

déterminer

decidir

determinar

Sentences

This enrages the farmers , who decide to hunt them down and kill them .