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v. To settle conclusively all contention or uncertainty about: decide a case; decided the dispute in favor of the workers.

v. To make up one's mind about: decide what to do.

v. To influence or determine the outcome of: A few votes decided the election.

v. To cause to make or reach a decision.

verb-intransitive. To pronounce a judgment; announce a verdict.

verb-intransitive. To make up one's mind.

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

v. To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.

v. To cause someone to come to a decision.

v. To cut off; to separate.

v. To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle.

verb-intransitive. To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion; to give decision.

To cut off; separate.

To determine, as a question, controversy, or struggle, by some mode of arbitrament; settle by giving the victory to one side or the other; determine the issue or result of; adjust; conclude; end: as, the court decided the case in favor of the plaintiff; the umpire decided the contest; the fate of the bill is decided.

To resolve; determine in the mind: as, he decided to go.

To determine; form a definite opinion; come to a conclusion; pronounce a judgment: as, the court decided in favor of the defendant; to decide upon one's course.

v. influence or determine

v. reach, make, or come to a decision about something

v. cause to decide

v. bring to an end; settle conclusively

"The word decide comes from the Latin verb decidere, which means “to cut off.”"

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