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1. decideverb

   Synonyms:
   make up ones mind, determine, choose, pick

2. decideverb

   To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.

   Synonyms:
   pick, determine, choose, make up ones mind

3. decideverb

   To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.

   Synonyms:
   make up ones mind, pick, determine, choose

4. decideverb

   To cause someone to come to a decision.

   Synonyms:
   pick, choose, determine, make up ones mind

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:3.5 / 4 votes

1. decide, make up one’s mind, determineverb

   reach, make, or come to a decision about something

   «We finally decided after lengthy deliberations»

   Synonyms:
   influence, square off, ascertain, adjudicate, see, set, watch, square up, settle, learn, determine, define, mold, resolve, specify, make up one’s mind, fix, find out, check, find, regulate, shape, limit, decide

2. decide, settle, resolve, adjudicateverb

   bring to an end; settle conclusively

   «The case was decided»; «The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff»; «The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance»

   Synonyms:
   settle, judge, descend, make up, patch up, nail down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, answer, solve, subside, root, determine, purpose, steady down, go under, conclude, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, dissolve, get back, adjudicate, conciliate, make up one’s mind, decide, square up, resolve, locate, break up, try, finalize, take root

3. decideverb

   cause to decide

   «This new development finally decided me!»

   Synonyms:
   make up one’s mind, resolve, determine, settle, adjudicate

4. decideverb

   influence or determine

   «The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election»

   Synonyms:
   make up one’s mind, resolve, determine, settle, adjudicate

Matched Categories

1. • Determine
   • End
   • Induce

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1. List of paraphrases for «decide»:

   deciding, determine, decides, choose, decided, decision, determining, decisions, opt, resolve, adjudicate, identify

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1. Margo Hammond:

   It’s kind of an insult to the American people that we can’t decide for ourselves.

2. Aaron Judge:

   I want to play for the Yankees. I want to be here for a long time, if it works out, it works out. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t. It’s out of my hands. I can’t really control that kind of stuff. For me, it’s just been about focusing on the game and playing the game, and when I’m a free agent and we decide where we go, we’ll figure all that out later.

3. Jerrold Nadler:

   If we decide to report articles of impeachment we could get to that in the late fall, perhaps in the latter part of the year.

4. Boris Johnson:

   I think it would be very bizarre if the EU should decide on their own… if they decided to impose tariffs on goods coming from the UK it would be… a return to Napoleon’s continental system.

5. Warren Cohn:

   It’s an opportunity to live outside, as well as get some tax benefits, and also, it’s a state that has …various freedoms. … I think that the governor has done a good job here allowing people to decide what’s comfortable or not for themselves.

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• рашаць, рашыцьBelarusian
• реша, решавам, разрешавамBulgarian
• স্থির করাBengali
• decidirCatalan, Valencian
• rozhodnout, rozhodovatCzech
• afgøre, beslutteDanish
• festsetzen, entscheiden, beschließenGerman
• αποφασίζωGreek
• decidir, resolverSpanish
• otsustamaEstonian
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• 決する, 解決, 決めるJapanese
• გადაწყვეტა, გადაჭრაGeorgian
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• សម្រេចចិត្ត, តាំងចិត្តKhmer
• 해결하다, 정하다Korean
• чечүү, чыгарууKyrgyz
• constituo, statuo, decerno, edico, decido, sancioLatin
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• nuspręstiLithuanian
• lemtLatvian
• одлучиMacedonian
• ဆုံးဖြတ်, သန္နိဌာန်ချBurmese
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• decydować, zdecydowaćPolish
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• convinge, decideRomanian
• решить, решатьRussian
• одлу́чити, odlúčitiSerbo-Croatian
• rozhodnúť, rozhodovaťSlovak
• odločitiSlovene
• vendosAlbanian
• beslutaSwedish
• тасмим гирифтан‍Tajik
• ตัดสินใจ, ตัดสินThai
• ýüregne düwmek, ýüregine düwmekTurkmen
• karar vermekTurkish
• вирішувати, вирішитиUkrainian
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