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decidedadjective not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretationa decided hint of perfume on her skin apparent, bald, bald-faced, barefaced, bright-line, broad, clear, clear-cut, crystal clear, distinct, evident, lucid, luculent, luminous, manifest, nonambiguous, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, ringing, straightforward, transparent, unambiguous, unambivalent, unequivocal, unmistakable cognizable, cognoscible, comprehendible, comprehensible, digestible, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, understandableself-evident, self-explanatoryclean-cut, simple, tidy, uncomplicatedovert, undisguisedappreciable, perceptible, recognizable, sensible, tangiblediscernible(also discernable), noticeable, observable, visibleblack-and-white, explicit, trenchant, well-definedclean, decipherable, fair, legible, readable ambiguous, clouded, cryptic, dark, enigmatic(also enigmatical), equivocal, indistinct, mysterious, nonobvious, obfuscated, obscure, unapparent, unclarified, unclear incomprehensible, indecipherable, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowableimpalpable, imperceptible, inappreciable, indiscernible, insensiblecloudy, gauzy, gray(also grey), hazy, imprecise, indefinite, indeterminate, misty, murky, nebulous, noncommittal, sketchy, slippery, subtle, vagueillegible, undecipherable, unreadable decidedverbpast tense of decideto come to a judgment about after discussion or considerationthey decided to go out for pizza after the movie was over chose, concluded, determined, figured, named, opted, resolved, settled (on or upon) decreed, ruledculled, elected, handpicked, picked, preferred, selected, singled (out)adjudged, adjudicated, arbitrated, found, judged, refereed, ruled (on), umpiredchewed over, cogitated, considered, contemplated, debated, deliberated, entertained, meditated, mulled (over), pondered, questioned, ruminated, studied, thought (about or over), weighed abstained, declined, refused, rejected, turned downdelayed, halted, hesitated, stalled, temporizedshilly-shallied, vacillated, waffled, wavered to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)the judge decided that the defendant was not liable for damages adjudged, adjudicated, arbitrated, determined, judged, refereed, ruled (on), settled, umpired considered, deemed, deliberated, heard, pondered, weighedsized upmediated, moderated, negotiatedprosecuted, triedfound (for or against)concluded, resolvedredetermined, rejudged equivocated, hedged, pussyfooted, skirted to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details ofwe waited for our captors to decide our fate agreed (on), arranged, fixed, set, settled contracted, pledged, promisedblueprinted, calculated, charted, concerted, designed, drafted, framed, hammered out, intrigued, laid out, maneuvered, mapped (out), planned, programmed(or programed), schematized, schemed, shaped, squared away, worked outchose, concluded, determined, figured, opted, resolvedaffirmed, approved, authorized, cleared, confirmed, OK'd(or okayed), sanctioned, warrantedclosed, completed, ended, finalized, finished, rounded (off or out), wound up(also winded up), wrapped upbargained, chaffered, dealt, dickered, haggled, horse-traded, negotiated disposed of aborted, called, called off, dropped, recalled, repealed, rescinded, revokeddiffered (over), disagreed (with)countered, debated, objected, opposed, protested, resistedcontested, disputed to make final, definite, or beyond disputethe huge sum that they were offering decided the matter: we would sell the house clinched, determined, nailed, settled demonstrated, established, nailed (down), proved, showedaffirmed, assured, ensured, insured, secureddefined, specified, stated, stipulatedclarified, cleared (up), illuminatedconcluded, ended, finished confused, muddied, muddled, unsettled to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and informationthe commanding officer decided that the soldier was indeed telling the truth concluded, deduced, derived, extrapolated, gathered, inferred, judged, made out, reasoned, understood assumed, supposedconjectured, guessed, speculated, surmisedconstrued, interpreted, readcontemplated, philosophized, rationalized, thoughtascertained, doped (out), found out drew a conclusion in 1790 |