deciding

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: decision makingdeterminantdeterminativedetermining

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the cognitive process of reaching a decision“a good executive must be good at decision making”Synonyms: decision making

Adjective (1)

  1. having the power or quality of deciding“the crucial experiment”“cast the deciding vote”“the determinative (or determinant) battle”Synonyms: determinantdeterminativedetermining
Advertisement

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Decide \De*cide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decided; p. pr. & vb. n. Deciding.] [L. dec[imac]dere; de- + caedere to cut, cut off; prob. akin to E. shed, v.: cf. F. d['e]cider. Cf. Decision.]

1.To cut off; to separate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Our seat denies us traffic here; The sea, too near, decides us from the rest.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]

2.To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle. [1913 Webster]

So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.— 1 Kings xx. 40.[1913 Webster]
The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Advertisement