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English
Etymology
From Middle English deciden, from Old French decider, from Latin dēcīdere, infinitive of dēcīdō (“cut off, decide”), from dē (“down from”) + caedō (“cut”).
Pronunciation
Verb
decide (third-person singular simple present decides, present participle deciding, simple past and past participle decided)
- (transitive, intransitive) to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
The election will be decided on foreign policies.
We must decide our next move.
Her last-minute goal decided the game.
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; / Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then.
1987 December 21, Richard Nixon, Letters to Trump, Winning Team Publishing, published 2023, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 10: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!
- (intransitive) to make a judgment, especially after deliberation
You must decide between good and evil.
I have decided that it is healthier to walk to work.
- (transitive) to cause someone to come to a decision
1920, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Three Gables, Norton, published 2005, page 1537: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.
- (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
to resolve or settle
- Afrikaans: besluit (af)
- Albanian: vendos (sq), danoj (dialectal)
- Arabic: قَرَّرَ (qarrara), صَمَّمَ (ṣammama)
- Armenian: որոշել (hy) (orošel), վճռել (hy) (včṙel)
- Asturian: decidir
- Azerbaijani: qərar vermək
- Belarusian: раша́ць impf (rašácʹ), рашы́ць pf (rašýcʹ)
- Bengali: স্থির করা (sthir kora)
- Bulgarian: реша́вам (bg) impf (rešávam), реша́ (bg) pf (rešá), разреша́вам (bg) impf (razrešávam)
- Burmese: သန္နိဌာန်ချ (sanni.htanhkya.), ဆုံးဖြတ် (my) (hcum:hprat)
- Catalan: decidir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 解決/解决 (gaai2 kyut3)
- Mandarin: 解決/解决 (zh) (jiějué)
- Czech: rozhodovat (cs) impf, rozhodnout (cs) pf
- Danish: afgøre, beslutte (da)
- Dutch: beslissen (nl), besluiten (nl)
- Esperanto: decidi
- Estonian: otsustama
- Faroese: gera av
- Finnish: ratkaista (fi)
- French: décider (fr)
- Galician: decidir (gl)
- Georgian: გადაწყვეტა (gadac̣q̇veṭa), გადაჭრა (gadač̣ra)
- German: entscheiden (de), beschließen (de), entschließen (de)
- Greek: αποφασίζω (el) (apofasízo), κρίνω (el) (kríno)
- Ancient Greek: διακρίνω (diakrínō)
- Hawaiian: hoʻoholo
- Hebrew: החליט (he) (hekhlít), הכריע (hikhría)
- Hindi: निर्णय करना (nirṇay karnā), फ़ैसला करना (faislā karnā)
- Hungarian: dönt (hu), eldönt (hu), elhatároz (hu)
- Icelandic: ákveða
- Ido: decidar (io), decidigar (io)
- Interlingua: decider (ia)
- Italian: decidere (it), stabilire (it)
- Japanese: 解決する (ja) (かいけつする, kaiketsu suru), 決める (ja) (きめる, kimeru)
- Kazakh: шығару (şyğaru)
- Khmer: សម្រេចចិត្ត (sɑmrɨc cət), តាំងចិត្ត (taŋ cət)
- Korean: 해결하다 (ko) (haegyeolhada), 정하다 (ko) (jeonghada)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: biryar dan (ku), qerar dan (ku)
- Kyrgyz: чечүү (ky) (cecüü), чыгаруу (ky) (cıgaruu)
- Lao: ຕັດສິນໃຈ (tat sin chai)
- Latin: decido, statuo
- Latvian: lemt (lv)
- Lithuanian: nuspręsti
- Livonian: loptātõ, loptāntõ
- Lushootseed: ʔiw
- Macedonian: одлучи (odluči)
- Malay: putus (ms)
- Malayalam: തീരുമാനിക്കുക (ml) (tīrumānikkuka)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: beslutte (no)
- Old English: ġesċēadan
- Oromo: murteessuu
- Persian: تصمیم گرفتن (fa) (tasmim gereftan)
- Polish: decydować (pl) impf, zdecydować (pl) pf, postanowić (pl) pf
- Portuguese: decidir (pt)
- Romanian: decide (ro)
- Russian: реша́ть (ru) impf (rešátʹ), реши́ть (ru) pf (rešítʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: cuir ro
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: одлу́чити
- Roman: odlúčiti (sh)
- Slovak: rozhodovať impf, rozhodnúť pf
- Slovene: odločiti
- Spanish: decidir (es), resolver (es)
- Swedish: besluta (sv), bestämma (sv)
- Tajik: тасмим гирифтан (tasmim giriftan)
- Thai: ตัดสินใจ (th) (dtàt sĭn jai), ตัดสิน (th) (dtàt sĭn)
- Turkish: karar vermek (tr)
- Turkmen: ýüregne düwmek, ýüregine düwmek
- Ukrainian: вирі́шувати impf (vyríšuvaty), ви́рішити pf (výrišyty)
- Urdu: فیصلہ کرنا (faislā karnā)
- Uzbek: qasd qilmoq
- Vietnamese: quyết định (vi)
- Yiddish: באַשליסן (bashlisn)
- Zazaki: qerar dayen
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give judgement
- Arabic: قَرَّرَ (qarrara)
- Asturian: decidir
- Belarusian: раша́ць impf (rašácʹ), рашы́ць pf (rašýcʹ)
- Bulgarian: реша́вам (bg) impf (rešávam), разреша́вам (bg) (razrešávam)
- Catalan: decidir (ca)
- Cherokee: ᏕᎫᎪᏗᎭ (degugodiha)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 決定/决定 (kyut3 ding6)
- Mandarin: 決定/决定 (zh) (juédìng)
- Czech: rozhodnout (cs), rozhodnout (cs) se
- Danish: afgøre
- Faroese: gera av
- Finnish: päättää (fi), ratkaista (fi), valita (fi)
- French: décider (fr)
- Galician: decidir (gl)
- German: entscheiden (de), beschließen (de), festsetzen (de)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (andþagkjan)
- Greek: αποφασίζω (el) (apofasízo)
- Ancient: βούλομαι (boúlomai)
- Hebrew: הכריע (hikhría)
- Hungarian: dönt (hu), döntést hoz (hu)
- Ingrian: meinata, duumata, reknata
- Italian: decretare (it), deliberare (it), pronunciarsi (it)
- Japanese: 決める (ja) (きめる, kimeru), 決する (ja) (けっする, kessuru), 決定する (ja) (けっていする, kettei suru)
- Korean: 결정하다 (ko) (gyeoljeonghada), 정하다 (ko) (jeonghada)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: biryar dan (ku), qerar dan (ku)
- Latin: decido
- Latvian: lemt (lv)
- Malayalam: തീരുമാനിക്കുക (ml) (tīrumānikkuka)
- Persian: تصمیم گرفتن (fa) (tasmim gereftan)
- Polish: zdecydować (pl)
- Portuguese: decidir (pt)
- Romanian: decide (ro)
- Russian: реша́ть (ru) impf (rešátʹ), реши́ть (ru) pf (rešítʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: suidhich air
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: одлу́чити
- Roman: odlúčiti (sh)
- Spanish: decidir (es)
- Swedish: avgöra (sv)
- Ukrainian: вирі́шувати impf (vyríšuvaty), ви́рішити pf (výrišyty)
- Yiddish: באַשליסן (bashlisn)
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to cause someone to come to a decision
Translations to be checked
Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
decide
- third-person singular present indicative of decidir
Esperanto
Etymology
From decidi + -e.
Pronunciation
Adverb
decide
- decisively
- decidedly
Galician
Verb
decide
- inflection of decidir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Interlingua
Verb
decide
- present of decider
- imperative of decider
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈt͡ʃi.de/
- Rhymes: -ide
- Hyphenation: de‧cì‧de
Verb
decide
- third-person singular present indicative of decidere
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
dēcīde
- second-person singular present active imperative of dēcīdō
Middle English
Verb
decide
- Alternative form of deciden
Portuguese
Verb
decide
- inflection of decidir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French décider, from Latin dēcidō.
Pronunciation
Verb
a decide (third-person singular present decide, past participle decis) 3rd conj.
- to decide
- Synonym: hotărî
Conjugation
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /deˈθide/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /deˈside/
- Rhymes: -ide
- Syllabification: de‧ci‧de
Verb
decide
- inflection of decidir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative