Etymology

From decide +‎ -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#DECIDER.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsaɪdə(ɹ)/Category:English 3-syllable words#DECIDERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DECIDER

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• Rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/aɪdə(ɹ)#DECIDERCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪdə(ɹ)/3 syllables#DECIDER

Noun

decider (plural deciders)Category:English lemmas#DECIDERCategory:English nouns#DECIDERCategory:English countable nouns#DECIDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DECIDERCategory:Pages with entries#DECIDERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#DECIDER

1. (of a controversy, question, etc) A person, divinity, or authoritative text which decides.
   • 1667, anon., "George Fox digg'd out of his burrowes, or An offer of disputation on fourteen proposalls...". John Foster, Boston, pp. 89-90:

     This written and revealed will of God I said was the Judge and Decider of all Questions.

   • 1758, Aaron Leaming, Jacob Spicer, The grants, concessions, and original constitutions of the province of New-Jersey, Philadelphia, page 680:

     The Determination of his Majesty, who is the only proper decider of this Matter.

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   • 1885, Friedrich Delitzsch, "General Notes: The Religion of the Kassites," Hebraica, vol 1 no 3 (Jan), p. 190:

     The god Adar, which, with its two oft-occurring idiographs Bar and Nin-ib, is preferably designated as the "Decider" (Entschneider).

   • 1967 March 15, David P. Gauthier, “How Decisions are Caused”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 64, number 5, page 151:

     Although the decider may know any of the principles in the sequence, he cannot know every such principle.

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   • 2006 April 18, George W. Bush, quotee, “President Bush Announces Appointment of New Budget Director”, in Washington Post‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 June 2018:

     I have strong confidence in Don Rumsfeld. I hear the voices. And I read the front page. And I know the speculation. But I'm the decider and I decide what is best.

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   • 2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 2, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:

     As noted, the frontal cortex is central to executive function. To quote George W. Bush, within the frontal cortex, it's the PFC that is “the decider.”

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2. (chiefly BritishCategory:British English#DECIDER, AustraliaCategory:Australian English#DECIDER, sportsCategory:en:Sports#DECIDER) An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.
   • 2007 February 10, William Fotheringham, “France aim to end four years of regret with seven-week sacrifice”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Four years on, France […] will meet Ireland again in the probable decider for their World Cup pool in September 21 in Paris.

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   • 2007 February 22, Kevin McCarra, “Liverpool show of unity recalls old magic”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     […] when the Welshman laid on the 74th-minute decider.

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   • 2021 December 27, “Gerwyn Price beats Kim Huybrechts in fiery clash to keep title defence alive”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Tensions threatened to boil over before the defending champion Gerwyn Price eventually overcame Kim Huybrechts in a sudden-death decider to reach the last 16 of the PDC World Championship.

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3. (computer scienceCategory:en:Computer science#DECIDER) A Turing machine that halts regardless of its input.

References

• “decider”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• decried, cidered, Creddie

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Interlingua terms derived from English#DECIDER decide, FrenchCategory:Interlingua terms derived from French#DECIDER décider, ItalianCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Italian#DECIDER decidere, SpanishCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Spanish#DECIDER decidir and PortugueseCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Portuguese#DECIDER decidir, all ultimately from LatinCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Latin#DECIDER dēcīdere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.t͡siˈder/Category:Interlingua terms with IPA pronunciation#DECIDER

Verb

deciderCategory:Interlingua lemmas#DECIDERCategory:Interlingua verbs#DECIDERCategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#DECIDERCategory:Pages with entries#DECIDERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#DECIDERCategory:Interlingua verbs ending in -er#DECIDER

1. to decide