Another word for decide
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Verb
To make a decision about (a controversy or dispute, for example) after deliberation, as in a court of law
- A person appointed to rule on plays, especially in baseball.
- A person appointed to settle a dispute that mediators have been unable to resolve; an arbitrator.
- To act as referee for; rule or judge.
- Governing power or its possession or use; authority.
- The duration of such power.
- An authoritative, prescribed direction for conduct, especially one of the regulations governing procedure in a legislative body or a regulation observed by the players in a game, sport, or contest.
- One to whom something is referred, especially for settlement, decision, or an opinion as to the thing's quality.
- An official supervising the play; an umpire.
- A person appointed by a court to assist a judge in the trying of a case or to hear certain types of cases.
- To form an opinion or estimation of after careful consideration:
- To hear and decide on in a court of law:
- To pass sentence on; condemn.
- To establish or ascertain definitely, as after consideration, investigation, or calculation:
- To give direction to by making decisions; devise or control:
- To decide or settle (a dispute, for example) conclusively and authoritatively.
- An authoritative order having the force of law.
- The judgment of a court of equity.
- The judgment of a court.
- To judge or decide in or as in the manner of an arbitrator:
- To submit to settlement or judgment by arbitration:
- To serve as an arbitrator or arbiter.
- To make a decision (in a legal case or proceeding), as where a judge or arbitrator rules on some disputed issue or claim between the parties.
- To study and settle (a dispute or conflict):
- To act as a judge of (a contest or an aspect of a contest).
- To determine or decide by judicial procedure; adjudicate.
- To order judicially; rule.
- To award (damages, for example) by law.
To make up or cause to make up one's mind
- To end or resolve (a dispute, for example) by making a decision or coming to an agreement.
- To resolve (a lawsuit or dispute) by mutual agreement of the parties rather than by court decision.
- To make the determinations and distributions of (a trust).
- To make a firm decision about:
- To decide or express by formal vote:
- To cause (a person) to reach a decision:
- To establish or ascertain definitely, as after consideration, investigation, or calculation:
- To give direction to by making decisions; devise or control:
- To decide or settle (a dispute, for example) conclusively and authoritatively.
- To bring to an end; close:
- To bring about (a final agreement or settlement):
- To arrive at (a conclusion, judgment, or opinion) by the process of reasoning:
See also:
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Another word for decide
Verb
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- To fix or secure (a nail or bolt, for example) by bending down or flattening the pointed end that protrudes.
- To fasten together in this way.
- To settle definitely and conclusively; make final:
- To select from a group:
- To gather in; harvest:
- To gather the harvest from:
- To take as a choice from among several; pick out.
- To make a choice or selection.
- Singled out in preference; chosen:
- (idiomatic) To decide; to reach a conclusion.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To decide.
- The casting and registering of votes in an election.
- The number of votes cast or recorded.
- The places where votes are cast and registered during an election, considered as a group:
- A formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue:
- The act of voting:
- A means by which such a preference is made known, such as a raised hand or a marked ballot:
- Governing power or its possession or use; authority.
- The duration of such power.
- An authoritative, prescribed direction for conduct, especially one of the regulations governing procedure in a legislative body or a regulation observed by the players in a game, sport, or contest.
- To select by vote for an office or for membership:
- To pick out; select:
- To decide, especially by preference:
- To select from a number of possible alternatives; decide on and pick out:
- To prefer above others:
- To determine or decide:
- To grant as merited or due:
- To grant an amount or other benefit legally due:
- Something awarded or granted, as for merit.
- A settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions.
- The result of such a settlement.
- Something that combines qualities or elements of different things:
- To judge or decide in or as in the manner of an arbitrator:
- To submit to settlement or judgment by arbitration:
- To serve as an arbitrator or arbiter.
- To overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease.
- To regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior.
- To make or attempt to make compatible; reconcile:
- To resolve or settle (differences) by working with all the conflicting parties:
- To bring about (a settlement, for example) by working with all the conflicting parties.
- To effect or convey as an intermediate agent or mechanism:
- To make a decision (in a legal case or proceeding), as where a judge or arbitrator rules on some disputed issue or claim between the parties.
- To study and settle (a dispute or conflict):
- To act as a judge of (a contest or an aspect of a contest).
- To determine or decide by judicial procedure; adjudicate.
- To order judicially; rule.
- To award (damages, for example) by law.
- To make a firm decision about:
- To decide or express by formal vote:
- To cause (a person) to reach a decision:
- To bring to an end; close:
- To bring about (a final agreement or settlement):
- To arrive at (a conclusion, judgment, or opinion) by the process of reasoning:
- To form an opinion or estimation of after careful consideration:
- To hear and decide on in a court of law:
- To pass sentence on; condemn.
- To establish or ascertain definitely, as after consideration, investigation, or calculation:
- To give direction to by making decisions; devise or control:
- To decide or settle (a dispute, for example) conclusively and authoritatively.
- (idiomatic) To decide something over other options.
- To end or resolve (a dispute, for example) by making a decision or coming to an agreement.
- To resolve (a lawsuit or dispute) by mutual agreement of the parties rather than by court decision.
- To make the determinations and distributions of (a trust).
Synonym Study
- Resolve implies either finding a solution to a problem to resolve a longing-standing issue or a firmness of intention to carry through a decision he resolved to lose 10 pounds
- To conclude is to decide after careful investigation or reasoning
- Settle stresses finality in a decision, often one arrived at by arbitration, and implies the termination of all doubt or controversy
- Determine in addition suggests that the form, character, function, scope, etc. of something are precisely fixed the club decided on a lecture series and appointed a committee to determine the speakers, the dates, etc.
- Decide implies the bringing to an end of vacillation, doubt, dispute, etc. by making up one's mind as to an action, course, or judgment
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