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decision
Noun
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a decision is a sudden thought, with purpose, before someone does something. After a person makes a decision, the person has knowledge about a thing the person will do.
After much thought, the person made a decision to go to the meeting.
A person sees two roads. The person needs to go on one road or the other. The person makes a decision and goes on one of the roads.
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A decision is the end of a process in a committee. After a committee makes a decision, a record in writing says the important thing.
After much discussion, the committee made an important decision about insurance.
at
Preposition
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Used to describe where something is, or when saying something's position
I am at home.
Let's meet at the pub!
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The time at which something happened or will happen
Breakfast is at 9 o'clock.
At 5pm we went home.
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Indicating something's state
At half price!
Water boils at high temperatures.
at
Symbol
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The @ symbol, used to replace at
support@microsoft.com is an email address.
Apples @ £1.50 per kilogram.
issue
Noun
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An issue is a particular topic or subject, often one that people are discussing and/or is a problem.
The students raised an important issue in my last class, and I hope we can discuss it today.
We'd like to hire you, but there are some legal issues that we have to consider first.
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An issue of a magazine, newspaper, etc. is the version that is published at one time.
The March issue of The Walrus has an interesting article on healthcare.
issue
Verb
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If you issue something, such as a statement, guidelines or an order, you officially publish it.
The governments of Canada and the United States jointly issued a statement about the recent crash.