Decide

Verb

 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  To cause someone to come to a decision.
 * 2) * 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.

Adverbs for Decide
adversely; conclusively; discreetly; positively; affirmatively; irrevocably; authentically; impartially; wisely; tentatively; peremptorily; glumly; confusedly;  arbitrarily; simultaneously; impulsively; virtually; unanimously; eventually; conspicuously; grudgingly; favorably; magnanimously; sensibly; temperately; resolutely; unalterably; authoritatively; haphazardly; prematurely; precipitately; tactically; emphatically; spectacularly; promptly; theoretically; academically; technically; politically; speedily.

Synonyms for Decide
make up one's mind, choose, determine, conclude, settle, adjudicate, terminate, resolve.

Antonyms for Decide
delay, hesitate, postpone, defer, wait, procrastinate.

Related terms

 * decider
 * decision
 * decisive

Thesaurus
adjudge, adjudicate, advance, arbitrate, ascertain, assure, bring, call the shots, carry, certify, choose, choose to, cinch, clear up, clinch, command, conclude, conduce to, conjecture, contribute to, control, decide upon, decree, desire, determine, direct, dismiss all doubt, dispose, elect, engage, enlist, ensure, establish, figure, find, find out, fix, forward, gather, get at, get to do, govern, guess, guide, incline, induce, influence, insure, interest in, judge, lead, lead to, lure, make a decision, make certain, make no doubt, make no mistake, make sure, make sure of, nail down, opt for, order, pick out, procure, prompt, purpose, reassure, redound to, referee, regulate, remove all doubt, resolve, rule, seal, see fit, see that, see to it, select, set, set at rest, settle, sort out, subserve, surmise, sway, take a resolution, tempt, think fit, think good, think proper, turn the scale, umpire, wear the pants, will, wish

Etymology
From décider: or  decidere:, infintive of decido:, from de: + caedo:.

Translations

 * Arabic: قرر, صمم
 * Bulgarian:, разрешавам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:, se
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Hebrew: הכריע
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Interlingua: decider
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: decido
 * Latvian: lemt
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: решать ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Arabic: قرر
 * Bulgarian:, разрешавам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:, se
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:, , valita
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Hebrew: הכריע


 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: decido
 * Latvian: lemt
 * Persian: تصمیم گرفتن
 * Polish: zdecydować
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: решать ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:


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


 * Latin: statuo, decerno, constituo, edico, sancio
 * Romanian:


 * : decidar
 * : decidi
 * : 결정하다, ~기로 하다, 마음을 먹다, 정하다
 * : 결정하다, ~기로 하다, 마음을 먹다, 정하다


 * : నిర్ణయించు (nirnayimchu)
 * : నిర్ణయించు (nirnayimchu)
 * : నిర్ణయించు (nirnayimchu)

Anagrams

 * de-iced, deiced

Verb
decide



Anagrams

 * decedi