decide

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   cause to decide

   This new development finally decided me!

2. 2
   verb

   influence or determine

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

3. 3
   verb

   reach, make, or come to a decision about something

   We finally decided after lengthy deliberations

4. 4
   verb

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

   The election will be decided on foreign policies.

5. 5
   verb

   To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.

   You must decide between good and evil.

6. 6
   verb

   To cause someone to come to a decision.

   Your admonition decided me against my intended course of action.

7. 7
   verb

   Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input.

   No Turing Machine can decide the halting problem.

8. 8
   verb

   To cut off; to separate.

   Our seat denies us traffic here; / The sea, too near, decides us from the rest.

Etymology

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