decide
To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
Verb 4 meanings
To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
“The election will be decided on foreign policies.”
To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
“You must decide between good and evil.”
To cause someone to come to a decision.
“Your admonition decided me against my intended course of action.”
Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input.
“No Turing Machine can decide the halting problem.”
Etymology
From Middle English deciden, from Old French decider, from Latin dēcīdere, infinitive of dēcīdō (“cut off, decide”), from dē (“down from”) + caedō (“cut”).
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DECIDE at a glance
DECIDE has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + C 3 + I 1 + D 2 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,669 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with decide
All rhymesOne letter away
- DECADE10
- DECODE10
- DERIDE8
- DECILE9
- DECIME11
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