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Synonyms for decide
dɪˈsaɪdde·cide
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Wiktionary
decideverb
Synonyms:
make up ones mind, determine, choose, pickdecideverb
To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
Synonyms:
pick, determine, choose, make up ones minddecideverb
To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
Synonyms:
make up ones mind, pick, determine, choosedecideverb
To cause someone to come to a decision.
Synonyms:
pick, choose, determine, make up ones mind
Princeton's WordNet
decide, make up one's mind, determineverb
reach, make, or come to a decision about something
"We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
Synonyms:
influence, square off, ascertain, adjudicate, see, set, watch, square up, settle, learn, determine, define, mold, resolve, specify, make up one's mind, fix, find out, check, find, regulate, shape, limitdecide, settle, resolve, adjudicateverb
bring to an end; settle conclusively
"The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
Synonyms:
settle, judge, descend, make up, patch up, nail down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, answer, solve, subside, root, determine, purpose, steady down, go under, conclude, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, dissolve, get back, adjudicate, conciliate, make up one's mind, square up, resolve, locate, break up, try, finalize, take rootdecideverb
cause to decide
"This new development finally decided me!"
Synonyms:
make up one's mind, resolve, determine, settle, adjudicatedecideverb
influence or determine
"The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"
Synonyms:
make up one's mind, resolve, determine, settle, adjudicate
Dictionary of English Synonymes
decideverb
decideverb
Synonyms:
determine, conclude, come to a conclusion, give a decision
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#64 | see | |
#100 | find | |
#189 | set | |
#272 | check | |
#424 | learn | |
#684 | try | |
#871 | watch | |
#892 | choose | |
#1128 | decision | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1251 | answer | |
#1258 | purpose | |
#1914 | determine | |
#1955 | root | |
#2096 | pick | |
#2110 | limit | |
#2233 | define | |
#2244 | identify | |
#2414 | decided | |
#2464 | fix | |
#2545 | decisions | |
#2567 | judge | |
#2943 | influence | |
#3012 | shape | |
#3568 | decide | |
#3823 | specify | |
#4911 | locate | |
#4953 | solve | |
#5244 | determining | |
#5841 | opt | |
#5981 | resolve | |
#7229 | sink | |
#8623 | settle | |
#8648 | conclude | |
#8988 | mold | |
#10148 | deciding | |
#10634 | decides | |
#11761 | regulate | |
#19866 | ascertain | |
#21231 | finalize | |
#22476 | dissolve | |
#23024 | reconcile | |
#25148 | descend | |
#55573 | subside | |
#58018 | finalise | |
#66242 | adjudicate | |
#150294 | conciliate |
How to use decide in a sentence?
We take this very seriously, if this is a symptom of a bigger problem, it could cost a lot of money and could affect the share quite a lot, and then we have to decide how to act on this -- if we should keep the share or sell.
It's like all of us are driving on a highway in a dense fog, and I have no idea if I'm about to hit something in front of me, and so maybe I decide to change lanes, but do I know what's beside me ?
They said no one who has reasons to be concerned should feel obliged to go, if an athlete feels that way, of course they may decide not to go.
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee:
In all of our lives there comes moments where have to decide whether we obey God or we obey a decision we believe is unlawful.
Translations for decide
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- besluitAfrikaans
- صمم, قررArabic
- qərar verməkAzerbaijani
- рашаць, рашыцьBelarusian
- реша, решавам, разрешавамBulgarian
- স্থির করাBengali
- decidirCatalan, Valencian
- rozhodnout, rozhodovatCzech
- afgøre, beslutteDanish
- festsetzen, entscheiden, beschließenGerman
- αποφασίζωGreek
- decidir, resolverSpanish
- otsustamaEstonian
- تصمیم گرفتنPersian
- ratkaista, valita, päättääFinnish
- déciderFrench
- suidhich air, cuir roScottish Gaelic
- decidirGalician
- הכריעHebrew
- निर्णय करना, फ़ैसला करनाHindi
- döntést hoz, eldönt, döntHungarian
- վճռել, որոշելArmenian
- deciderInterlingua
- decidereItalian
- 決する, 解決, 決めるJapanese
- გადაწყვეტა, გადაჭრაGeorgian
- шығаруKazakh
- សម្រេចចិត្ត, តាំងចិត្តKhmer
- 해결하다, 정하다Korean
- чечүү, чыгарууKyrgyz
- constituo, statuo, decerno, edico, decido, sancioLatin
- ຕັດສິນໃຈLao
- nuspręstiLithuanian
- lemtLatvian
- одлучиMacedonian
- ဆုံးဖြတ်, သန္နိဌာန်ချBurmese
- besluiten, beslissenDutch
- decydować, zdecydowaćPolish
- decidirPortuguese
- convinge, decideRomanian
- решить, решатьRussian
- одлу́чити, odlúčitiSerbo-Croatian
- rozhodnúť, rozhodovaťSlovak
- odločitiSlovene
- vendosAlbanian
- beslutaSwedish
- тасмим гирифтанTajik
- ตัดสินใจ, ตัดสินThai
- ýüregne düwmek, ýüregine düwmekTurkmen
- karar vermekTurkish
- вирішувати, вирішитиUkrainian
- فیصلہ کرناUrdu
- qasd qilmoqUzbek
- quyết địnhVietnamese
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