decision

Derived from Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɪʒn̩/, [dɪˈsɪʒn̩]

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• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

decision (countable and uncountable, plural decisions)

1. The act of deciding.
2. A choice or judgement.

   Synonyms: idea, opinion, view; see also Thesaurus:judgement

   It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.

   His life has always been filled with big decisions.

   It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.

   I told him about my decision to leave forever.

   • 1689, John Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration:

     These, and such-like things, are certainly more contrary to the glory of God, to the purity of the Church, and to the salvation of souls, than any conscientious dissent from ecclesiastical decisions, or separation from public worship, whilst accompanied with innocence of life.

   • 1888, William Harrison Dunbar, “The Anarchists’ Case Before the Supreme Court of the United States”, in Harvard Law Review, volume 1, number 17, page 310:

     It might be that judge Gary decided erroneously the matters which the statute referred to him for decision, and if the Constitution of the United States guaranteed the accused a correct decision, this error would be a violation of constitutional rights. As the case stood, therefore, the exact question was, whether the accused had rights under the federal Constitution which a statute like that of Illinois would violate or which an erroneous decision by the trial court in executing such a law would violate, and if so whether those rights were in fact violated.

   • 2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10:

     The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.

3. (uncountable) Firmness of conviction.

   After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.

4. (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.

   He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.

5. (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

• (choice or judgment): Most often, to decide something is to make a decision; however, other possibilities exist as well. Many verbs used with destination or conclusion, such as reach, come to, and arrive at can also be used with decision; these serve to emphasize that the decision is the result of deliberation. Finally, some varieties of English prefer to take a decision rather than make one.
• See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for uses and meaning of decision collocated with these words.

• decide
• decisive

decision (third-person singular simple present decisions, present participle decisioning, simple past and past participle decisioned)

1. (boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout

• decision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• coin dies, iconised

• IPA^(key): /det͡ʃiˈsjũː/

decision f

1. decision

Derived from Latin, see above.

decision f (plural decisions)

1. decision

Derived from Latin dēcīsiō.

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decision f (plural decisions)

1. decision

• decidir