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Decide

//dɪˈsaɪd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle. ambitransitive

    "The election will be decided on foreign policies."

  2. 2
    reach, make, or come to a decision about something wordnet
  3. 3
    To make a judgment, especially after deliberation. intransitive

    "You must decide between good and evil."

  4. 4
    bring to an end; settle conclusively wordnet
  5. 5
    To cause someone to come to a decision. transitive

    "Your admonition decided me against my intended course of action."

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  1. 6
    cause to decide wordnet
  2. 7
    Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input.

    "No Turing Machine can decide the halting problem."

  3. 8
    influence or determine wordnet
  4. 9
    To cut off; to separate. obsolete

    "Our seat denies us traffic here; / The sea, too near, decides us from the rest."

Etymology

From Middle English deciden, from Old French decider, from Latin dēcīdere, infinitive of dēcīdō (“cut off, decide”), from dē (“down from”) + caedō (“cut”).

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