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[ US /ˌdɪˈsaɪd/ ]
[ UK /dɪsˈa‍ɪd/ ]
VERB
  1. cause to decide
    This new development finally decided me!
  2. 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
  3. influence or determine
    The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election
  4. reach, make, or come to a decision about something
    We finally decided after lengthy deliberations

How To Use decide In A Sentence

  • Leaving London they went to Paris, where they passed a few days, but soon grew weary of the place; and Lord Chetwynde, feeling a kind of languor, which seemed to him like a premonition of disease, he decided to go to Germany. The Cryptogram A Novel
  • At the last minute I decided to go, so I flung a few clothes together and left.
  • Maybe your parents are right about waiting a few more years until you decide.
  • And while everyone around wished the couple a happy married life, one of the guests decided to be a little cheeky.
  • I took myself offline for a couple of days - the ole bod has decided it has had enough and succumbed to a flu-like thing.
  • Croi from time immemorial had been renowned for its devout and strict observance of papistic rites and ceremonies; the Counts of Nassau had gone over to the new sect -- sufficient reasons why Philip of Croi, Duke of Arschot, should prefer a party which placed him the most decidedly in opposition to the Prince of Orange. History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02
  • The original Auroran settlers had landed in the location that was now the park and decided to keep it as a peaceful retreat in the centre of the city.
  • She decided she would try to forget the episode by the lake.
  • But after three years of frantic knitting, they decided to end the challenge, despite reaching halfway.
  • You should need some extreme persuasion - far more than the directors say-so in the accounts - to decide that a company bleeding cash might be turning a profit.
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