Decide

Definition: Decide

Decide

Verb

1. Reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations".

2. Bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff".

3. Cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!".

4. Influence or determine; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "decide" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Satire

Literature

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DECIDE

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Synonyms: Decide

Cause

Conduce to; (tend to); contribute; have a hand in the pie, have a finger in the pie; determine, decide, turn the scale; have a common origin; derive its origin; (effect).

Certainty

Render certain; Adjective: insure, ensure, assure; clinch, make sure; determine, decide, set at rest, " make assurance double sure "; know; (believe).

Choice

Settle; decide; (adjudge); list; (will); make up one's mind; (resolve).

Judgment

Settle; pass an opinion, give an opinion; decide, try, pronounce, rule; pass judgment, pass sentence; sentence, doom; find; give judgment, deliver judgment; adjudge, adjudicate; arbitrate, award, report; bring in a verdict; make absolute, set a question at rest; confirm; (assent).

Resolution

Verb: have determination; Noun: know one's own mind; be resolved; Adjective: make up one's mind, will, resolve, determine; decide; (judgment); form a determination, come to a determination, come to a resolution, come to a resolve; conclude, fix, seal, determine once for all, bring to a crisis, drive matters to an extremity; take a decisive step; (choice); take upon oneself; (undertake).

Uncertainty

Phrase: Heaven knows; who can tell? who shall decide when doctors disagree? ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces.

Crosswords: Decide

Romanian (appoint, cause, decide, determine, fix, judge, resolve, state).

How hard is it to decide to be in a good mood and be in a good mood (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

I mean, psychiatry: it's the latest religion. We decide what's right and wrong (Twelve Monkeys; writing credit: David Webb Peoples)

Let the ring-bearer decide. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Yesterday we were an army with no country, tomorrow we must decide which country we want to buy (Die Hard: With a Vengeance; writing credit: Jonathan Hensleigh)

And we must always decide the truth for ourselves (The Outer Limits; writing credit: Alan Brennert; Steven Barnes)

I'm Free To Decide, I'm free to decide (Free To Decide; performing artist: The Cranberries)

If you decide to mess with mine (Where My Girls At; performing artist: 702)

Cuz I want to decide between survival and bliss (Precious Illusions; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

Why did you have to decide (Until You Come Back To Me; performing artist: Aretha Franklin)

Just trying to decide (Isn't It Time; performing artist: Babys)

If you decide not to choose, then you've already made the wrong choice! (references; author: unknown)

A jury consists of twelve people chosen to decide who has the best lawyer. (references; author: unknown)

Old folks say, "when I'm finally holding all the cards, why does everyone decide to play chess. (references; author: unknown)

A Committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but as a group decide that nothing can be done. (references; author: unknown)

You're Free. Decide. (2000)

Você Decide (1992)

Free To Decide (performing artist: The Cranberries)

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Books

• Decide for Yourself: A Theological Workbook (For People Who Are Tired of Being Told What to Believe) (reference)

• Decide! How to Make Any Decision! (reference)

• Hard Choices: How Women Decide About Work, Career, and Motherhood (reference)

• Punitive Damages: How Juries Decide (reference)

• Too Close to Call: The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Decide (reference)

• Decide Your Future [EP] (reference)

• Let the People Decide (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Crop consultant draws a soil sample early in the crop year to test nitrogen availability in the soil. This late spring nitrogen test is meant to decide whether and how much nitrogen the growing crop needs for optimum production; only the amount of nitroge. Credit: Lynn Betts.

If we decide to donate blood, most of us would like to control when we donate it-and to whom. So mosquitoes are an outdoor nuisance to be avoided, as are biting flies, ticks, and chiggers. We ward all of them off with deet, a strong repellant that ARS discovered 40 years ago. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Britannia between Death and Doctor's, : Death may decide, when Doctor's disagree. / J. Gillray inv. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

What kind of a prescription is this? : You don't need a pill for every ill- let the Doctor decide. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Doctor Doctor- have you got anything for smallpots? : You don't need a pill for every ill- let the Doctor decide. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Sudden Breaking Up Of A Consultation. : Weighty Arguments on both sides! When Doctors disagree, Who shall Decide. / CJG. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Brad : gadewch i Gymru benderfynu = Betrayal : let Wales decide. Credit: Library of Congress.

When women decide this war should end, this war will end : join the United Women's Contingent on April 24. Credit: Library of Congress.

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But farther, this question, (Who shall be judge?) cannot mean, that there is no judge at all: for where there is no judicature on earth, to decide controversies amongst men, God in heaven is judge. (Second Treatise of Government)

Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. (reference)

If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each. (reference)

In case of any difference of opinion, the League of Nations will be called on to decide. (reference)

Athens alone - Greece with its immortal glories - is free to decide its future at an election under British, American and French observation. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

It is unnecessary to decide the injunctive relief issue, since the Texas authorities will doubtless fully recognize the Court's ruling that the Texas criminal abortion statutes are unconstitutional. (reference)

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I decide to steal this ship

But when we see one, the shock is violent, and we are compelled to decide and take part, for or against

He had to decide.

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Health

Hence, they can decide whom to admit and when to do things. (references)

Each woman should decide for herself whether to undergo mammography. (references)

This is like flipping a coin to decide which patients are in each group. (references)

Business

Only judges may decide on the validity of any deprivation of liberty. (references)

With rare exception, the chamber has a maximum of five weeks to decide cases. (references)

Older children live with their fathers unless judicial authorities decide otherwise. (references)

Civil Liberties

Uzbekistan

The manager protested that the Government had no legal right to decide who would manage the private station. (references)

South Africa

The current syllabus allows local boards to decide whether to include religious instruction in their schools. (references)

Romania

This commission is entitled to decide on the "opportuneness" of building the place of worship, and to judge whether the construction is in line with the specific dogma of the religion in question. (references)

Economic History

Hungary

The court must decide on the application within sixty days. (references)

Saudi Arabia

The Commission must decide on license applications within 30 days' time. (references)

Malaysia

Malaysia must decide on how to structure its health care financing system. (references)

Human Rights

El Salvador

Judges, not juries, decide most cases. (references)

Nepal

Judges decide cases; there is no jury system. (references)

Vietnam

However, while lay assessors help decide cases, they have little legal training. (references)

Indigenous People

Thailand

The new regulations ease the requirements to establish citizenship by allowing a wider range of evidence, including testimony from references, and empowering local officials to decide cases. (references)

Malaysia

However, in practice federal laws pertaining to indigenous people of the peninsular region known as the Orang Asli vest almost total power in the Minister for Rural Development (who oversees the Department of Orang Asli Affairs) to protect, control, and otherwise decide issues concerning this group. (references)

Minorities

Macedonia

The Framework Agreement stipulates that: "the local authorities will decide democratically on the use [of other minority languages] in public bodies." Ethnic Macedonians held approximately 85 percent of civil service posts; ethnic Albanians held approximately 10 percent; and other minorities held approximately 5 percent. (references)

Political Economy

Western Sahara

In 1988 Morocco and the Polisario accepted the U.N. plan for a referendum that would allow the Sahrawis to decide between integration with Morocco or independence for the territory. (references)

Political Rights

Belarus

It also gave the President the prerogative to decide on the validity of referendum results. (references)

Indonesia

The MPR was to decide its precise future role and transitional arrangements through further constitutional changes to be considered in 2002. The legislative branch has demonstrated its independence through the DPR's aggressive pursuit of its government oversight function, as well as the MPR's success in first forcing President Wahid to cede more authority over daily government management to Vice President Megawati because of perceived inefficiency and inconsistency in the Wahid Administration's implementation of policy. (references)

Trade

Burma

The arbitrators have to decide within four months from the date of reference although extensions are allowed for special circumstances. (references)

Mexico

Mexican government authorities then have up to six months to decide whether to start a formal investigation or to release the guarantee. (references)

Ukraine

Therefore, U.S. exporters should decide whether to pay all taxes and duties at the border or at the customs checkpoint nearest to the imported goods' final inland destination. (references)

Travel

Singapore

Judges hear cases and decide sentencing. (references)

Women

Mozambique

Family law provides that a married couple's assets belong to the husband, who has full authority to decide on their disposition. (references)

Cyprus

Under the law, the man no longer is considered legally the head of the family and does not have the exclusive right to decide the family's place of residence. (references)

Worker Rights

China

The Trade Union Law allows workers to decide whether to join official unions in their enterprises. (references)

Pakistan

In cases in which the Government prohibits collective bargaining, special wage boards decide wage levels. (references)

Kuwait

Once a worker files a claim, the courts decide the amount of compensation, which is paid in one lump sum rather than monthly payments. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "decide": decide beforehand ♦ decide between ♦ decide firmly ♦ decide in favour of smth. ♦ decide on ♦ decide on smb. ♦ decide smth. by ballot ♦ decide up ♦ decide upon ♦ right to decide ♦ who can tell? who shall decide when doctors disagree? ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces. Additional references.

Ending with "decide": pre-decide.

Afrikaans

besluit. (various references)

Albanian

vendos (arrange, be determined, Canton, choose, compose, conclude, dare, determine, dispose, elect, elicit, emplace, establish, fix, house, induct, instal, install, instate, judge, lay, locate, make up one's mind, place, propose, put, quarter, recline, resolve, rule, seat, set, settle, situate, station, Stow, take the plunge, will), marr një vendim. (various references)

Arabic 

‏فصل (adjudge, adjudicate, arrive at a resolution, break, break up, cashier, cut, cut off, decision, demarcation, detach, detail, determine, discharge, disconnect, disconnection, disentangle, disjoin, disjunction, dismiss, displace, displacement, dissociate, dissociate oneself from, dissociation, disunite, divide, division, elaborate, expel, fire, have a final word, isolate, isolation, itemize, judge, lay off, make a decision, part, particularize, parting, partition, remove, render a judgement, resolve, sack, seclude, seclusion, segregate, segregation, separate, separation, set apart, settle, sever, severance, sunder, wean), ‏قرر (affirm, be decided, be determined, be resolved to, choose, conclude, condition, destine, determine, dispose, establish, figure, figure out, fix, make acknowledge, make confess, make up one's mind, plump for, propose, regulate, resolve, rule, set, settle, state), ‏حكم قضائيا (adjudge, arbitrate, hand down, judge), ‏حكم (administer, administration, arbiter, arbitration, ascendancy, authority, award, control, decision, deliverance, determination, dispensation, doom, fasten, fastening, find, finding, govern, hand down, judge, judgement, judgment, opinion, reckon, referee, regimen, rule, ruling, run, sway, umpire, verdict), ‏حمل على إتخاذ قرار, ‏حسم (clench, clinch, decision, deduct, deduction, determination, determine, discount, discounting, dispose, rebate, recoup, refund, settlement, sew up, shave), ‏حزم (bind, bunch, bundle, determination, dogmatise, firmness, hardness, packing, parcel, resolution, rope, sheaf, sling, stack, strap, truss). (various references)

Bulgarian 

спирам се на (fix on, settle on), решавам се на (dare), решавам (adjudicate, choose, conclude, determine, elect, figure out, make up one's mind, resolve, seal, settle, solve, work), вземам решение (adjudicate, resolve), отсъждам (adjudge, adjudicate, decree, determine, judge, mete out, rule, settle). (various references)

Catalan

decidir. (various references)

Chinese 

作主 (give support or back sb), 决定 (Decided, Deciding, Decision, Determinative), 判定 (determination, judge, judgment). (various references)

Czech

rozhodnout (adjudge, adjudicate, choose, decree, determine, resolve, seal). (various references)

Danish

beslutte. (various references)

Dutch

uitmaken (accomodate, account for, constitute, dispense with, do away with, end, extinguish, finish, get rid of, make up, put out, remove, terminate), besluiten (abstract, accomodate, end, finish, gather, induce, infer, terminate), beslissen. (various references)

Esperanto

decidi. (various references)

Faeroese

gera av (define, determine, fix). (various references)

Farsi 

تصمیم گرفتن (Determine, Resolve). (various references)

Finnish

tehdä päätös (determine, make up one's mind, resolve), ratkaista (determine, resolve, settle, solve, work), päättää (bring to an end, conclude, end, terminate). (various references)

French

décider (determine). (various references)

Frisian

beslute. (various references)

German

entscheiden (adjudicate, clinch, determine, make up your mind, rule, settle, to clinch, to conclude, to determine), sich entschließen (be decided, determine, elect, make up your mind, resolve, settle on, settle upon, to decide). (various references)

Greek 

αποφασίζω (determine, make up my mind, resolve, rule). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"חליט (determine, make up ones mind, resolve), �"חליט. (various references)

Hungarian

dönt (make up one's mind, opt, to adjudge, to change one's mind, to come to a decision, to decide, to decree, to determine, to hew, to make up one's mind, to topple). (various references)

Indonesian

menentukan (decisive, definitive, destine, enactive), mendeterminasikan (determine), memutuskan (discontinue). (various references)

Italian

decidere (adjudicate, clinch, determine, elect, make up one's mind, make up your mind, resolve, settle, to decide). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

決める (to decide). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きめる (to decide), さ� める (to decide, to determine, to establish), �"ぎしゅ�"じゅ�" (be in doubt and unable to decide, hesitation and indecision), けっする (to decide, to determine), けっていけ�" (right to decide), じぶ�"できめる (to decide by oneself), は�"じる (to decide, to decipher, to divine, to guess, to interpret, to judge, to solve), とりきめる (to agree, to decide upon, to enter into). (various references)

Korean 

결� �하십시�" (crystallise, Crystallize, Determine). (various references)

Malay

putuskan, memutuskan. (various references)

Manx

reddey (ravel), reddaghey (clarification of situation, clarify, disentanglement), reaghey (arbitrate, arrange, brush out, determine, disentangle, disentanglement, edit, organize, set on fire; decision, umpire), jannoo briwnys er (adjudge, judge). (various references)

Norwegian

bestemme (determine). (various references)

Papiamen

disidí. (various references)

Pig Latin

ecideday.(various references)

Polish

decydować, postanowić. (various references)

Portuguese

resolver (choose, compose, conclude, deem, dissolve, figure out, find, fix, iron out, mean, nail down, resolve, settle, solve, unravel, unriddle, work out), decidir (adjudicate, award, find, fix, govern, liquidate, make up one's mind, ordain, overrule, resolve, settle, to decide, will). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

decidir (to decide). (various references)

Romanian

decide (appoint, cause, determine, fix, judge, resolve, state). (various references)

Romansch

decider (to decide). (various references)

Russian 

решать (conclude, determine, elect, judge, make up ~ mind, make up one's mind, resolve, settle, solve, solved, solves, work out). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rešiti (conclude, eventuate, solve, thrash out, untangle, work), opredeliti (appropriate, destine, determine), odlučiti (choose, chose, conclude, decree, determine, resolve, set one's mind on doing smth., settle, will), naumiti (conceive, contrive). (various references)

Shona

-funga (to decide). (various references)

Spanish

decidirse (have in mind), decidir (adjudge, arrange, clinch, decision making, determine, dispose, have in mind, judge, make up one's mind, rule, run off, seal), resolver (arrange, clear up, detect, determine, dispose of, dissolve, get out, have out, resolve, settle, solve, think out, throw in, work out). (various references)

Swazi

kú-ncúma (to decide). (various references)

Swedish

besluta (determine, settle, vote), avgöra (arrange, clinch, determine, determining, dispose of, judge, seal, tell), avdöma (adjudicate, judge). (various references)

Turkish

sonuca varmak (amount, make inferences, reason), kararlaştırmak (agree, appoint, arrange, concert, determine, fix, fix on, fix up on, set, settle, slate), karar vermesini sağlamak, karar vermek (award, hand down, make a decision, make up one's mind, resolve, return, settle), karar verdirmek (fasten down), hüküm vermek (adjudge, adjudicate, bring in, condemn, decree, doom, estimate, form an estimate of, judge, return, rule, sentence), belirlemek (adjust, appoint, assess, assign, condition, define, detect, determine, dictate, establish, identify, limit, note, peg, seal, set, set down, settle, single out, slate, specify, state), azmetmek (intend, persevere, resolve, settle on, will). (various references)

Turkmen 

яьregine dьwmek (decide (set your heart)). (various references)

Ukrainian

робити вибір (opt), вирішувати (appoint, arbitrate, aread, choose, conclude, decree, elect, resolve, settle, solve), приймати рішення. (various references)

arbitrabatur, arbitrabitur, arbitramini, arbitramur, arbitrans, arbitrantur, arbitrari, arbitraris, arbitrati, arbitratus, arbitrentur, arbitretur, arbitror, censere, constituo, decidam, decidant, decidat, decidens, decidentes, decidentia, decidere, decidet, decidi, decidissemus, decidisset, decidit, diiudicamur, diiudicans, diiudicare, diiudicaremus, diiudicat, diiudicatur, diiudicet, exigo, ininterpretabilis, instituere, instituerunt, instituisti, instituit, instituta, institutum, institutus, interpretandi, interpretantes, interpretaretur, interpretata, interpretatum, interpretatur, interpretetur, interpretor, iudica, iudicabant, iudicabat, iudicabimini, iudicabimus, iudicabis, iudicabit, iudicabitur, iudicabo, iudicabor, iudicabunt, iudicamur, iudicando, iudicandos, iudicandum, iudicans, iudicant, iudicante, iudicantes, iudicanti, iudicantur, iudicare, iudicarent, iudicarentur, iudicaret, iudicaretur, iudicari, iudicas, iudicasset, iudicasti, iudicastis, iudicat, iudicata, iudicate, iudicati, iudicatis, iudicatum, iudicatur, iudicaturus, iudicatus, iudicaverint, iudicaverit, iudicaveritis, iudicaverunt, iudicavi, iudicavimus, iudicavit, iudicavitque, iudicem, iudicemur, iudicemus, iudicent, iudicentur, iudicer, iudices, iudicet, iudicetur, iudico, iudicor, reor, statu, statuam, statuamus, statuas, statuat, statue, statuemus, statuendam, statuens, statuent, statuentes, statuerat, statuere, statueret, statuerit, statueritis, statuerunt, statuesque, statuet, statui, statuimus, statuisset, statuisti, statuit, statuitque, statuo, statuta, statutis, statuto, statutum, statuunt. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "decide": decided, decidedly, decidedness, decidednesses, decider, deciders, decides. (additional references)

Words ending with "decide": redecide. (additional references)

Words containing "decide": redecided, redecides, undecided, undecideds. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Decide" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dacade, dacite, decadic, decage, decape, decate, Deccie, deceide, deci, decid, Decie, decied, decit, decite, decive, decoid, Deekie, deidre, D'elide, Demidov, depied, desade, descide, deside, devide, Dewilde, dicide, dicite, Ducie. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: deiced.

-1 letter: ceded, deice, diced.

-2 letters: cede, cedi, deed, dice, died, eide, iced.

-3 letters: cee, dee, did, die, ice.

-4 letters: de, ed, id.

+1 letter: decided, decider, decides, decried, deicide, excided.

+2 letters: cheddite, cindered, coedited, credited, deceived, deciders, deciduae, declined, dedicate, dehisced, deicides, depicted, descried, deticked, devoiced, dezinced, dickered, directed, pedicled, redecide.

+3 letters: cheddites, coderived, decidable, decidedly, deciduate, decimated, declaimed, dedicated, dedicatee, dedicates, deducible, deductive, described, dezincked, discepted, discerned, disjected, dissected, evidenced, exscinded, medicated, medicined, pedicured, predicted, redecided, redecides, reinduced, rescinded, undecided.