Decide

See also décidé

English

Etymology

From French décider or Latin decidere ‘cut off, decide’, from de- + caedere ‘cut’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈsaɪd/

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Verb

Infinitive to Decide

Third person singular decid

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Decide (third-person singular simple present decid, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.

   The election will be decided on foreign policies.

   We must decide our next move.

   Her last-minute goal decided the game.

2. (intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.

   You must decide between good and evil.

   I have decided that it is healthier to walk to work.

3. (transitive) To cause someone to come to a decision.
   • 1920, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Three Gables" (Norton edition, 2005, p. 1537),

     It decides me to look into the matter, for if it is worth anyone's while to take so much trouble, there must be something in it.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• make up one's mind
• choose
• determine

Related terms

• decider
• decision
• decisive

Translations

to resolve or settle

Arabic: قرر ar(ar) (qárrara), صمم ar(ar) (Sámmama) Bulgarian: решавам bg(bg), разрешавам bg(bg) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 解決, simpl. 解决 (pinyin: jiějué) Croatian: odlúčiti hr(hr) Czech: rozhodnout cs(cs), rozhodnout cs(cs) se Danish: afgøre da(da), beslutte da(da) Finnish: päättää fi(fi), ratkaista fi(fi) French: décider fr(fr)

German: entscheiden de(de), beschließen de(de) Hebrew: הכריע he(he) (hikhría) Hungarian: dönt hu(hu), eldönt hu(hu) Japanese: 解決する ja(ja) (kaiketsu-suru) Romanian: decide ro(ro) Russian: решать ru(ru) (rešát') (impf.), решить ru(ru) (rešít') REDIRECT Template:pf. Scottish Gaelic: cuir ro gd(gd) Spanish: decidir es(es), resolver es(es)

to resolve a dispute, give judgement

Arabic: قرر ar(ar) (qárrara) Bulgarian: решавам bg(bg), разрешавам bg(bg) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 決定, simpl. 决定 (pinyin: juédìng) Croatian: odlúčiti hr(hr) Czech: rozhodnout cs(cs), rozhodnout cs(cs) se Danish: afgøre da(da) Finnish: päättää fi(fi), ratkaista fi(fi) French: décider fr(fr)

German: entscheiden de(de), beschließen de(de), festsetzen de(de) Hebrew: הכריע he(he) (hikhría) Hungarian: dönt hu(hu), döntést hoz hu(hu) Japanese: 決める ja(ja) (kimeru), 決する ja(ja) (kessuru) Romanian: decide ro(ro) Russian: решать ru(ru) (rešát') (impf.), решить ru(ru) (rešít') REDIRECT Template:pf. Scottish Gaelic: suidhich air gd(gd) Spanish: decidir es(es)

to cause someone to come to a decision

Czech: (uses dependent clause) Danish: få en person til at beslutte sig

Finnish: ratkaista fi(fi) Romanian: convinge ro(ro)

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Hebrew: החליט he(he) (hekhlít) Ido: decidar Korean: 결정하다, ~기로 하다, 마음을 먹다, 정하다

Romanian: decide ro(ro) Spanish: decidir es(es) Telugu: నిర్ణయించు (nirnayimchu)

Anagrams

• cddeei,
• deiced

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Italian

Verb form

decide

1. third person singular present tense of decidere

Anagrams

• cddeei,
• decedi

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Spanish

Verb

Decide (infinitive decidir)

1. informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of decidir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of decidir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of decidir.

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