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Synonyms for decide
dɪˈsaɪdde·cide

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Wiktionary4.5 / 2 votes

  1. decideverb

    Synonyms:
    make up ones mind, determine, choose, pick

  2. decideverb

    To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.

    Synonyms:
    pick, determine, choose, make up ones mind

  3. decideverb

    To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.

    Synonyms:
    make up ones mind, pick, determine, choose

  4. decideverb

    To cause someone to come to a decision.

    Synonyms:
    pick, choose, determine, make up ones mind

Princeton's WordNet3.5 / 4 votes

  1. 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, limit

  2. decide, 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 root

  3. decideverb

    cause to decide

    "This new development finally decided me!"

    Synonyms:
    make up one's mind, resolve, determine, settle, adjudicate

  4. decideverb

    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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. decideverb

    Synonyms:
    settle, conclude, terminate, end

  2. decideverb

    Synonyms:
    determine, conclude, come to a conclusion, give a decision

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. decideverb

    Synonyms:
    determine, settle, conclude, resolve

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How to use decide in a sentence?

  1. Sasja Beslik:

    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.

  2. Moriba Jah:

    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 ?

  3. Will Connell:

    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.

  4. Ben Stein:

    The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.

  5. 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.


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