decide

See also: décide and décidé

English

Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DECIDECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kh₂eyd-#DECIDE

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#DECIDECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#DECIDE deciden, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#DECIDE decider, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#DECIDE dēcīdere, infinitive of dēcīdō (cut off, decide), from (down from) + caedō (cut).

Pronunciation

Verb

decide (third-person singular simple present decides, present participle deciding, simple past and past participle decided)Category:English lemmas#DECIDECategory:English verbs#DECIDECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DECIDECategory:Pages with entries#DECIDECategory:Pages with 11 entries#DECIDE

  1. (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#DECIDECategory:English intransitive verbs#DECIDE) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
    Synonyms: choose, determine, pick, elect; see also Thesaurus:choose
    The election will be decided on foreign policies.Category:English terms with usage examples#DECIDE
    It was decided to meet here at midnight.Category:English terms with usage examples#DECIDE
    Her last-minute goal decided the game.Category:English terms with usage examples#DECIDE
  2. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#DECIDE) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
    Synonyms: judge, make up one's mind; see also Thesaurus:decide
    You must decide between good and evil.Category:English terms with usage examples#DECIDE
    I have decided that it is healthier to walk to work.Category:English terms with usage examples#DECIDE
  3. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#DECIDE) To cause someone to come to a decision.
    Your admonition decided me against my intended course of action.Category:English terms with usage examples#DECIDE
  4. (computing theoryCategory:en:Theory of computing#DECIDE) Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input.
  5. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#DECIDE) To cut off; to separate.
    Synonyms: divorce, sever, sunder; see also Thesaurus:divide

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Anagrams

Category:English reporting verbs#DECIDE Category:en:Thinking#DECIDE

Asturian

Verb

decideCategory:Asturian non-lemma forms#DECIDECategory:Asturian verb forms#DECIDECategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#DECIDECategory:Pages with entries#DECIDECategory:Pages with 11 entries#DECIDE

  1. third-person singular present indicative of decidir

Esperanto

Etymology

From decidi + -eCategory:Esperanto terms suffixed with -e#DECIDE.

Pronunciation

Adverb

decideCategory:Esperanto lemmas#DECIDECategory:Esperanto adverbs#DECIDECategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#DECIDECategory:Pages with entries#DECIDECategory:Pages with 11 entries#DECIDE

  1. decisively
  2. decidedly

Galician

Verb

decideCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#DECIDECategory:Galician verb forms#DECIDECategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#DECIDECategory:Pages with entries#DECIDECategory:Pages with 11 entries#DECIDE

  1. inflection of decidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Verb

decideCategory:Interlingua non-lemma forms#DECIDECategory:Interlingua verb forms#DECIDECategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#DECIDECategory:Pages with entries#DECIDECategory:Pages with 11 entries#DECIDE

  1. present of decider
  2. imperative of decider
  3. Category:Interlingua verb forms#DECIDE

Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

decideCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#DECIDECategory:Italian verb forms#DECIDECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#DECIDECategory:Pages with entries#DECIDECategory:Pages with 11 entries#DECIDE

  1. third-person singular present indicative of decidere

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

dēcīdeCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#DECIDECategory:Latin verb forms#DECIDECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DECIDECategory:Pages with entries#DECIDECategory:Pages with 11 entries#DECIDE

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēcīdō

Middle English

Verb

decideCategory:Middle English alternative forms#DECIDECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#DECIDECategory:Pages with entries#DECIDECategory:Pages with 11 entries#DECIDE

  1. alternative form of deciden

Portuguese

Verb

decideCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#DECIDECategory:Portuguese verb forms#DECIDECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#DECIDECategory:Pages with entries#DECIDECategory:Pages with 11 entries#DECIDE

  1. inflection of decidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#DECIDECategory:Romanian terms derived from French#DECIDE décider, from LatinCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#DECIDE dēcidō.

Pronunciation

Verb

a decide (third-person singular present decide, past participle decis, third-person subjunctive decidă)Category:Romanian lemmas#DECIDECategory:Romanian verbs#DECIDECategory:Romanian verbs in 3rd conjugation#DECIDECategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#DECIDECategory:Pages with entries#DECIDECategory:Pages with 11 entries#DECIDE 3rd conjugation

  1. to decide
    Synonym: hotărî

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Spanish

Pronunciation

Verb

decideCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#DECIDECategory:Spanish verb forms#DECIDECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#DECIDECategory:Pages with entries#DECIDECategory:Pages with 11 entries#DECIDE

  1. inflection of decidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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