verb#596 by frequency
decide
/dɪˈsaɪd/
To resolve; to choose, determine, or settle; To make a judgment, especially after deliberation; To cause someone to come to a decision
- he/she/it
- decides
- past
- decided
- past participle
- decided
Meanings
- 1
To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
We decided to go back.
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I decided to stay home.
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To make a judgment, especially after deliberation
- 3
To cause someone to come to a decision
- 4
Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible inputrare
- 5
To cut off; to separaterare