See also: décide and décidé

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English deciden, from Old French decider, from Latin dēcīdere, infinitive of dēcīdō (cut off, decide), from (down from) + caedō (cut).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈsaɪd/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪd

VerbEdit

decide (third-person singular simple present decides, present participle deciding, simple past and past participle decided)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. (transitive) to cause someone to come to a decision
    • 1920, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Three Gables" (Norton edition, 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.
  4. (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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AsturianEdit

VerbEdit

decide

  1. third-person singular present indicative of decidir

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From decidi +‎ -e.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

decide

  1. decisively
  2. decidedly

InterlinguaEdit

VerbEdit

decide

  1. present of decider
  2. imperative of decider

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /deˈt͡ʃi.de/
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Syllabification: de‧cì‧de

VerbEdit

decide

  1. third-person singular present indicative of decidere

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

dēcīde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēcīdō

Middle EnglishEdit

VerbEdit

decide

  1. Alternative form of deciden

PortugueseEdit

VerbEdit

decide

  1. inflection of decidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French décider, from Latin dēcidō.

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VerbEdit

a decide (third-person singular present decide, past participle decis3rd conj.

  1. to decide
    Synonym: hotărî

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /deˈθide/ [d̪eˈθi.ð̞e]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /deˈside/ [d̪eˈsi.ð̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Syllabification: de‧ci‧de

VerbEdit

decide

  1. inflection of decidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative