DECIDING
Dictionary entry overview: What does deciding mean?
• DECIDING (noun)
The noun DECIDING has 1 sense:
1. the cognitive process of reaching a decision
Familiarity information: DECIDING used as a noun is very rare.
• DECIDING (adjective)
The adjective DECIDING has 1 sense:
1. having the power or quality of deciding
Familiarity information: DECIDING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DECIDING (noun)
Meaning:
The cognitive process of reaching a decision
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
deciding; decision making
Context example:
a good executive must be good at decision making
Hypernyms ("deciding" is a kind of...):
higher cognitive process (cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deciding"):
officiating; officiation; refereeing; umpirage (the act of umpiring)
eclectic method; eclecticism (making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style)
groupthink (decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility))
closure; resolution; settlement (something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making)
judgement; judging; judgment (the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions)
change of mind; flip-flop; reversal; turnabout; turnaround (a decision to reverse an earlier decision)
choice; pick; selection (the person or thing chosen or selected)
cull; reject (the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality)
alternative; choice; option (one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen)
• DECIDING (adjective)
Meaning:
Having the power or quality of deciding
Synonyms:
deciding; determinant; determinative; determining; crucial
Context examples:
the crucial experiment / cast the deciding vote / the determinative (or determinant) battle
Similar:
decisive (determining or having the power to determine an outcome)
