Decide Meaning
/dɪˈsaɪd/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
verbTo make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
Sentence Examples
It is up to you to decide whether we will go there or not.
Life starts when you decide what you are expecting from it.
It's up to you to decide.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
You must ____ whether to accept the job offer by Friday.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It is up to you to ____ whether we will go there or not.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English deciden, from Old French decider, from Latin dēcīdere, infinitive of dēcīdō (“cut off, decide”), from dē (“down from”) + caedō (“cut”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; / Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then."
— 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]:
"I did not see the program, but Mrs. Nixon told me that you were great on the Donahue Show.
As you can imagine, she is an expert on politics and she predicts that whenever you decide to run for office you will be a winner!"
— 1987 December 21, Richard Nixon, Letters to Trump, Winning Team Publishing, published 2023, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 10:
"So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 20:40:
"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."
— 1920, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Three Gables, Norton, published 2005, page 1537:
"First, the hierarchy theorems tell us that a Turing machine can decide more languages in EXPSPACE than it can in PSPACE."
— 1997, Michael Sipser, Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Boston, M.A.: PWS Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 313:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
You must ____ whether to accept the job offer by Friday.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It is up to you to ____ whether we will go there or not.