Dictionary entry details
• DECIDE (verb)
Meaning:
Reach, make, or come to a decision about something
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
decide; make up one's mind; determine
Context example:
We finally decided after lengthy deliberations
"Decide" entails doing...:
debate; deliberate (discuss the pros and cons of an issue)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "decide"):
measure; measure out; mensurate (determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of)
govern; order; regularise; regularize; regulate (bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations)
adjudicate; judge; try (put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of)
orient; orientate (determine one's position with reference to another point)
decree; rule (decide with authority)
purpose; resolve (reach a decision)
seal (decide irrevocably)
will (determine by choice)
choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They decide to move
Meaning:
Bring to an end; settle conclusively
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
resolve; adjudicate; decide; settle
Context examples:
The case was decided / The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff / The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance
Hypernyms (to "decide" is one way to...):
end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "decide"):
judge (determine the result of (a competition))
adjust (decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to decide
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
This new development finally decided me!
Hypernyms (to "decide" is one way to...):
cause; get; have; induce; make; stimulate (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner)
Cause:
decide; determine; make up one's mind (reach, make, or come to a decision about something)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Influence or determine
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election
Hypernyms (to "decide" is one way to...):
determine; influence; mold; regulate; shape (shape or influence; give direction to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
