English Explanatory Dictionary

decision

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of deciding.
A choice or judgement.
Firmness of conviction.
A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

verb

To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout

Pronunciation

/dɪˈsɪʒn̩/ [dɪˈsɪʒn̩] en-us-decision.ogg

Word forms

decision decisions decisioning decisioned

Etymology

Derived from Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).

Synonyms

idea opinion view award censure choice conclusion decision deduction determination ergotism illation inference judgement/judgment mind result sight take verdict

Related words

decide decisive

Derived words

co-decision counterdecision decisional decision fatigue decision height decisioning decisionism decisionist decisionless decision maker decisionmaker decision-making decision making decision market decision problem decision procedure decision room decision science decision stream decision theology decision theory decision tree executive decision framed decision game-time decision gut decision indecision majority decision make a decision microdecision misdecision no decision nondecision predecision redecision rule of decision semidecision split decision subdecision take a decision

Translations

Afrikaans: beslissing Basque: erabaki Basque: epai Basque: ebazpen Catalan: decisió Czech: skóre Danish: afgørelse Dutch: verdict Finnish: päätös Galician: decisión Galician: veredito Georgian: განაჩენი Georgian: ვერდიქტი Georgian: გადაწყვეტილება Georgian: დადგენილება Greek: απόφαση Hindi: निर्णय Icelandic: úrskurður Irish: cinneadh Irish: breith Latin: perfīnītiō Latvian: spriedums Lithuanian: nutartis Lithuanian: sprendimas Mongolian: тогтоол Portuguese: decisão Portuguese: julgamento Portuguese: veredito Portuguese: sentença Romanian: sentință Romanian: hotărâre Romanian: verdict

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