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See also:décideanddécidé

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishdeciden, fromOld Frenchdecider, fromLatindēcīdere, infinitive ofdēcīdō(“cut off, decide”), fromdē(“down from”) +caedō(“cut”).

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Verb

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decide (third-person singular simple presentdecides,present participledeciding,simple past and past participledecided)

  1. (ambitransitive) toresolve (acontest,problem,dispute, etc.); tochoose,determine, orsettle
    The election will bedecided on foreign policies.
    We mustdecide our next move.
    Her last-minute goaldecided the game.
    • 1591 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene i]:
      The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; / Betwixt ourselves let usdecide it then.
    • 1987 December 21,Richard Nixon,Letters to Trump, Winning Team Publishing, published2023,→ISBN,→OCLC, page10:
      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 youdecide to run for office you will be a winner!
  2. (intransitive) to make ajudgment, especially afterdeliberation
    You mustdecide between good and evil.
    I havedecided that it is healthier to walk to work.
  3. (transitive) to cause someone to come to adecision
    • 1920,Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,The Adventure of the Three Gables, Norton, published2005, page1537:
      Itdecides 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.

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Translations

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to resolve or settle
give judgement
to cause someone to come to a decision
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Asturian

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Verb

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decide

  1. third-personsingularpresentindicative ofdecidir

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Fromdecidi +‎-e.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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decide

  1. decisively
  2. decidedly

Galician

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Verb

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decide

  1. inflection ofdecidir:
    1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Interlingua

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Verb

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decide

  1. present ofdecider
  2. imperative ofdecider

Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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decide

  1. third-personsingularpresentindicative ofdecidere

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Latin

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Verb

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dēcīde

  1. second-personsingularpresentactiveimperative ofdēcīdō

Middle English

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Verb

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decide

  1. Alternative form ofdeciden

Portuguese

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Verb

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decide

  1. inflection ofdecidir:
    1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchdécider, fromLatindēcidō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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a decide (third-person singular presentdecide,past participledecis) 3rd conjugation

  1. todecide
    Synonym:hotărî

Conjugation

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    conjugation ofdecide (third conjugation, past participle in -s)
infinitiveadecide
gerunddecizând
past participledecis
numbersingularplural
person1st person2nd person3rd person1st person2nd person3rd person
indicativeeutuel/eanoivoiei/ele
presentdeciddecizidecidedecidemdecidețidecid
imperfectdecideamdecideaidecideadecideamdecideațidecideau
simple perfectdeciseideciseșidecisedeciserămdeciserățideciseră
pluperfectdecisesemdeciseseșidecisesedeciseserămdeciseserățideciseseră
subjunctiveeutuel/eanoivoiei/ele
presentsădecidsădecizisădecidăsădecidemsădecidețisădecidă
imperative—tu——voi—
affirmativedecidedecideți
negativenudecidenudecideți

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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decide

  1. inflection ofdecidir:
    1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. second-personsingularimperative
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