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decideverb to come to a judgment about after discussion or considerationthey decided to go out for pizza after the movie was over choose, conclude, determine, figure, name, opt, resolve, settle (on or upon) decree, rulecull, elect, handpick, pick, prefer, select, single (out)adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, find, judge, referee, rule (on), umpirechew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, meditate, mull (over), ponder, question, ruminate, study, think (about or over), weigh abstain, decline, refuse, reject, turn downdelay, halt, hesitate, stall, temporizeshilly-shally, vacillate, waffle, waver to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)the judge decided that the defendant was not liable for damages adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, determine, judge, referee, rule (on), settle, umpire consider, deem, deliberate, hear, ponder, weighsize upmediate, moderate, negotiateprosecute, tryfind (for or against)conclude, resolveredetermine, rejudge equivocate, hedge, pussyfoot, skirt to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details ofwe waited for our captors to decide our fate agree (on), arrange, fix, set, settle contract, pledge, promiseblueprint, calculate, chart, concert, design, draft, frame, hammer out, intrigue, lay out, maneuver, map (out), plan, program(also programme), schematize, scheme, shape, square away, work outchoose, conclude, determine, figure, opt, resolveaffirm, approve, authorize, clear, confirm, OK(or okay), sanction, warrantclose, complete, end, finalize, finish, round (off or out), wind up, wrap upbargain, chaffer, deal, dicker, haggle, horse-trade, negotiate dispose of abort, call, call off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revokediffer (over), disagree (with)counter, debate, object, oppose, protest, resistcontest, dispute to make final, definite, or beyond disputethe huge sum that they were offering decided the matter: we would sell the house clinch, determine, nail, settle demonstrate, establish, nail (down), prove, showaffirm, assure, ensure, insure, securedefine, specify, state, stipulateclarify, clear (up), illuminateconclude, end, finish confuse, muddle, muddy, unsettle to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and informationthe commanding officer decided that the soldier was indeed telling the truth conclude, deduce, derive, extrapolate, gather, infer, judge, make out, reason, understand assume, supposeconjecture, guess, speculate, surmiseconstrue, interpret, readcontemplate, philosophize, rationalize, thinkascertain, dope (out), find out draw a conclusion decide, determine, settle, rule, resolve mean to come or cause to come to a conclusion.decide implies previous consideration of a matter causing doubt, wavering, debate, or controversy.she decided to sell her house determine implies fixing the identity, character, scope, or direction of something.determined the cause of the problem settle implies a decision reached by someone with power to end all dispute or uncertainty.the dean's decision settled the campus alcohol policy rule implies a determination by judicial or administrative authority.the judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible resolve implies an expressed or clear decision or determination to do or refrain from doing something.he resolved to quit smoking in the 14th century |