decide

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

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsaɪd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪd

decide (third-person singular simple present decides, present participle deciding, simple past and past participle decided)

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

   The election will be decided on foreign policies.

   We must decide our next move.

   Her last-minute goal decided the game.

   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; / Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then.

2. (intransitive) to make a judgment, especially after deliberation

   You must decide between good and evil.

   I have decided that it is healthier to walk to work.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 20:40:

     So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

3. (transitive) to cause someone to come to a decision
   • 1920, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Three Gables, Norton, published 2005, page 1537:

     It decides me to look into the matter, for if it is worth anyone's while to take so much trouble, there must be something in it.

4. (obsolete) to cut off; to separate
   • 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC:

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

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

• make up one's mind
• choose
• determine
• pick

• de-iced, deiced

decide

1. third-person singular present indicative of decidir

From decidi +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /deˈt͡side/
• Rhymes: -ide

decide

1. decisively
2. decidedly

decide

1. present of decider
2. imperative of decider

• IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃi.de/
• Rhymes: -ide
• Hyphenation: de‧cì‧de

decide

1. third-person singular present indicative of decidere

• decedi

dēcīde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēcīdō

decide

1. Alternative form of deciden

decide

1. inflection of decidir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French décider, from Latin dēcidō.

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a decide (third-person singular present decide, past participle decis) 3rd conj.

1. to decide

   Synonym: hotărî

• decizie

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deˈθide/ [d̪eˈθi.ð̞e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /deˈside/ [d̪eˈsi.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -ide
• Syllabification: de‧ci‧de

decide

1. inflection of decidir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative