make a decision

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

make a decision (third-person singular simple present makes a decision, present participle making a decision, simple past and past participle made a decision)

1. (intransitive) To decide.

   You need to make a decision whether or not to go.

Usage notes

• See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Synonyms

• (decide): choose up (informal), take a decision (much less common, especially in US)

Translations

to decide

• Cherokee: ᏕᎫᎪᏗᎭ (degugodiha)
• French: prendre une décision
• Georgian: გადაწყვეტილების მიღება (gadac̣q̇veṭilebis miɣeba)
• German: eine Entscheidung treffen
• Greek: παίρνω απόφαση (paírno apófasi)
• Hungarian: döntést hozni
• Italian: prendere una decisione
• Macedonian: носам одлука (nosam odluka)
• Portuguese: tomar uma decisão (pt)
• Russian: приня́ть реше́ние (prinjátʹ rešénije), реши́ть (ru) (rešítʹ)
• Spanish: tomar una decisión
• Turkish: karar vermek (tr)