decide
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
decide/dɪˈsʌɪd/
▶verb come to or bring to a resolution in the mind as a result of consideration.
■ give a judgement concerning a matter or legal case.
■ resolve or settle (an issue or contest).
– derivatives
decidable adjective,
deciding adjective.
decidable adjective,
deciding adjective.
– origin ME: from Fr. décider, from L. decidere ‘determine’, from de- ‘off’ + caedere ‘cut’.
'decide' also found in these Oxford entries:
appoint
- auction
- ballot
- bespeak
- bite
- black
- bottle
- breathing space
- cancel
- casting vote
- caucus
- challenge
- choose
- crisis
- day
- decision
- decree
- decretal
- design
- determinant
- determine
- discretion
- double
- draw
- fatwa
- final
- fix
- go
- govern
- hold
- judge
- lot
- make
- mind
- miss
- mufti
- opt
- ordain
- panel
- plan
- play
- play-off
- plump
- precognition
- predetermine
- preordain
- price
- quits
- resolve
