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decide English

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decide Verb

— If you decide something, there were different things you could do, but you choose one. The government has decided to cut spending. I need to work on English, so I decided not to play soccer this year. Have you decided on a name for the new dog? We've decided against going out tonight because of the rain. I haven't decided what to do yet.

decide

— verb reach, make, or come to a decision about something We finally decided after lengthy deliberations — verb (= settle, adjudicate) 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 — verb cause to decide This new development finally decided me! — verb influence or determine The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election

Synonyms decide synonyms

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decide English » English

determine resolve settle judge conclude make a decision rule fix set make up one’s mind adjudicate solve plan intend arrange order decree consider ascertain arbitrate think sentence make up one's mind establish cut choose appoint agree adjudge vote tie terminate side with settle on see reflect reason persuade make a final decision judgement induce estimate elect diminish designate deliver judgement define decision decipher decided

Topics decide topics

What do people use decide to talk about?
Language and thought Want

Decide, plan
Language and thought Think Learn

Evaluate, test
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Choose
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Cast lots
Social behavior Law Trial

Drop charges

Conjugation decide conjugation

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decide · verb

Examples decide examples

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Simple sentences

Why would Tom decide not to go to Boston?
It's up to you to decide what to do.
A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done.
I had to decide right then and there.
We have to decide, and soon!
We need to decide when we'll move.
We're forced to decide when we'll move.
Tom is unable to decide which shirt he should wear.
She couldn't decide whether to stay in that relationship.
It is Tom who will decide that.
It is up to you to decide whether we will go there or not.
Life starts when you decide what you are expecting from it.
What has made you decide to work for our company?
Would you mind making an extra cup of coffee whenever you decide to have some?
Nobody could decide as to what to do.
Is it right for a doctor to decide when someone should die?
Now that you are grown-up, it is up to you to decide what to do.
Let's decide together where to go first.
Nancy can't decide anything for herself.
We find it difficult to decide which one to buy.
What made Bill decide to be an engineer?
It's up to you to decide the matter.
It is up to you to decide what to do.
It's a hassle trying to decide what to wear to the party.
It was difficult for us to decide which one to buy.
I could not decide which way to choose.
We must decide when to start.

Movie subtitles

But unless we decide how to respond to this quickly.
And I think the only way to decide this will be with some very seriously thought-out process.
I will decide about my decisions.
When everyone returns we each draw three cards that decide the weapon, the room in which the murder is to take place and the victim.
It must've taken a while to decide on the plan.
That's not a thing for me to decide.
They decide ahead of time who wins.
I think that's for me to decide, don't you? Fine, Dr Walker.
When they decide the time is right... there's nothing on Earth will change their mind.
I'll be right over here if either one of you guys decide to straighten up.
They decide to punish the terrestrials in an exemplary manner.
They decide without hesitation and in spite of the danger to descend into the interior of the great crater in which they disappear one-by-one whilst the snowstorm is still raging.
Shouldn't we let the judges decide that?
He threw himself into everything, while I, the good Jesuit student, weighed the pros and cons for so long, I'd never decide.
They decide for the family.
May God help you decide our fate.
The future will decide.
God will decide.
I'll decide whether you stay in there or not.
His heart would beat for the people, would decide in its favour.
A group of obscure people meet to decide the fate of Russia.
I was just trying to decide the colour of Anne's eyes.
That's something I'll never have to decide.
Why did you decide to leave with that barbarian who was killed by her?
So, Nick, why did you decide to take over the PBJ racket?
They decide who can play there.
I'll give you 10 minutes to decide.
I won't call yet. When you decide how much you want for the building, have Secretary Kim contact me.
S-SHE'S HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HER WEDDING. CAN'T DECIDE WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO.
Think before you decide, I tell you!
Jerry, why did you suddenly decide to visit me?
Just till you decide what you want to do permanently.
It's up to you to decide.
Gentlemen, the first thing we have to decide is what we're going to do about this Lily Powers.

News and current affairs

When the voters decide in the spring of 2007, their choice may depend more on negative than positive considerations, as it did in 2002, when Chirac faced the odious nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen in the second round.
Romania will have to decide whether or not it actually wants to have a past before its people can begin to confront and live with theirs.
Let's hope that when the G-20 leaders meet later this year, they decide to take the problem seriously instead of tabling discussion for a decade or two until the next crisis is upon us.
Some neo-conservative pundits drew the conclusion that the US was so powerful that it could decide what it thought was right, and others would have to follow.
The dollar will fall and US long-term interest rates will rise, but only when traders on Wall Street and elsewhere decide that holding dollars and long-term US bonds is more risky in the short run.
And governments on both sides of the Atlantic will need to decide just how far they want to go in punishing banks.
When we are faced with conflicting choices - burden-sharing through taxation, the organization of the public sector, the status of public employees, etc. - the member states are considered to be the only bodies entitled to decide.
In September, the world's leaders will reconvene at the UN to decide on their actions during the coming decade.
Perhaps they may decide that violence is counter-productive and carries its own penalties, and may then follow the Kurdish example of curbing violence, which would help put Iraq together again without recourse to permanent repression.
Chin held that the United States Congress, not a court, was the appropriate body to decide who should be entrusted with guardianship over orphan books, and on what terms.
To answer that, of course, we need to decide what those rights are.
The Senate must decide whether New START enhances American security.
Some societies might decide that it is better to be red than dead.
As a result, some terrorists, one hopes, will decide to become former terrorists - and some young radicals might now think twice before deciding to become terrorists in the first place.
Some central banks may decide to follow suit, adding renminbi-denominated assets to their reserves to match the composition of the basket.
In the coming days, judges sitting on the International Criminal Court in The Hague will decide whether to issue a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for the crime of genocide.
He must decide whether he is a Muslim first, then a member of his tribe, say, Hausa, and then of his nation, say, Nigeria.
What is missing is a new, 13th convention that closes the loophole that seems to permit governments to decide what constitutes terrorism and what does not.
PARIS - By chance, it appears that the US Congress will decide on or around September 11 whether to endorse President Barack Obama's proposal to respond militarily to the Syrian government's use of poison gas against civilians.
The appropriate timing of fiscal retrenchment is, in fact, difficult to decide.
If no deal to raise the debt ceiling is reached by August 3, interest rates on United States Treasury bonds could spike, or they could remain stable, as investors decide they have other problems to worry about.
Of course, curious as they might be, central bankers could decide that meeting in Harare would be too inconvenient and politically unpalatable.
The International Civil Aviation Authority has announced that it will convene a group of experts to help it provide guidance for the industry to decide what level of ash in the atmosphere makes it unsafe to fly.
But President Barack Obama's administration has yet to decide which format it thinks best.

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