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decided

[dih-sahy-did]

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adjective

in no way uncertain or ambiguous; unquestionable; unmistakable: a decided victory.

free from hesitation or wavering; resolute; determined: a decided approach to a problem.

Origin:
1780–90; decide + -ed²

Related forms

de·cid·ed·ly, adverb

de·cid·ed·ness, noun

pre·de·cid·ed, adjective

well-de·cid·ed, adjective

Synonyms
1. undeniable, indisputable, positive, certain, pronounced, definite, sure, indubitable. 2. resolved, unhesitating, unwavering.

Antonyms
1, 2. uncertain.

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Trichet said the governing council had not yet decided how to deal with the so-called addicted banks.

So the college recently decided to stop offering full e-mail accounts to incoming students starting next fall.

The presidential election will be decided by a run-off.

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Trichet said the governing council had not yet decided how to deal with the so-called addicted banks.

So the college recently decided to stop offering full e-mail accounts to incoming students starting next fall.

The presidential election will be decided by a run-off.

Despite being given their choice of duty, the survivors decided unanimously to continue to serve in submarines.

These will likely be the states where the presidential election is decided.

So to earn the airport some valuable publicity, they decided to make aviation history by setting a record for endurance.

First, the family decided to make it a kids' hangout.

So, you've decided to jump on the fixed gear bicycle trend.

His widow decided to donate his organs to seven different people.

And, despite overall growth, one-third had decided to cut back on hiring.

Germany decided last month to abandon nuclear energy.

Then the federal government decided that it should be released to the general public.

Even if you decided that there were a lot of them, there still wouldn t be much life overall.

So we've decided to focus our latest blog carnival on budget-conscious recipes and thrifty shopping strategies.

Karen decided to keep the native trees, which provide a sense of scale and help screen her house from neighbors and the street.

So, things aren't working out with your significant other and you've decided it's time to pull the plug on the relationship.

Bowles decided the ceremony was important for the university, so they opted to let the show go on, but with an eye toward thrift.

All this created a climate of uncertainty in which investors decided to sell first and ask questions later.

But the colonists decided to rebuild and make a new start.

Or perhaps some wandering ghosts decided to begin living in humans' heads.

The couple had decided to divorce and were spending one last moment together in the water.

And she's decided to open a showroom to exhibit her custom built-ins, outdoor furniture, and garden accessories.

The second-best outcome came when all four decided not to snitch.

So it decided to take an exceptionally detailed set of aerial photographs.

Damadian decided a better way must be found to examine the inner workings of the body.

When his firm decided to go natural, he asked the garden's owners for permission to make their landscape sustainable as well.

Brazil's economic and political archrival, decided to share the agricultural windfall at home.

Landau decided to work on the number theory problem of what an odd perfect number would have to look like.

Vanderbilt says he decided to write about driving on a whim, in the midst of performing a daring highway merge maneuver.

The couple decided to transform both that side yard and the other one to meet their outdoor-living needs.

The other half are decided by elections in individual districts.

Centi's team decided to try to use carbon dioxide in its natural form: gas.

Paulsen decided to enclose the yard with a fence that runs along the sidewalk and the driveway.

Permission to home-school could be denied if inspectors decided a child's safety was in danger.

The couple decided to remodel the shed, and it became an exercise in preservation and space planning.

Others whispered that he would have been pushed if he had not decided to jump.

Will needed to retire an old surfboard and, not wanting to toss it, decided to turn it into an outdoor shower.

Epicyte decided that plants of a different kind could do the job more cheaply: green ones.

Having authored books about the symbolic use of color in different cultures, they decided to bring their research home.

Congress decided that wolves in the two states no longer needed federal protection.

Then my wife decided to try a recipe where they are diced, sautéed in butter and are finished with sea salt.

The couple had decided to simplify their lives and concentrate on photography and painting.

Japan's largest automobile company has decided to set age.

Two-hundred and twenty-eight congressmen decided they were ready to risk another.

We decided to make this a similar space, with everything exposed and a.

In my situation, a new dean came in and decided to restructure the college.

Gottesman decided that people need to see women as real athletes.

After all the brief dates were over, they decided thumbs up or thumbs down for each candidate.

Packer decided to abandon science for literature, to the initial dismay of her practical-minded parents.

We decided to take a long, hard look at what we've been doing, especially to.

So you've batted around the pros and cons and decided to seek another tenure-track job.

He'd already decided to have them deboned and knew exactly how he wanted them stuffed and prepared-one inside the other.

He and his staff decided they couldn't go against decades of.

We decided between ourselves that it describes someone who chooses to put himself at risk to save another.

They experimented with different ways of increasing the perceived size of bicycles, but decided they wouldn't work.

The parties in the case said it was the first time the issue had been decided by a judge.

But one site has decided it will take its chances and open itself up to the beleaguered educators.

Ask them to consider the pros and cons of their decisions, including the dangers for themselves if they decided to help.

Some investigators decided to challenge that belief.

Kennedy decided that they should swim to a coral island-100 yards in diameter with six palm trees-three and a half miles away.

But educators also decided they could do more with the technology.

Madoff's epic fraud could wind up being decided in a public trial.

The state decided that a then-novel credential, a bachelor's degree from a.

Being an engineer, he decided to do something about it.

So they decided that this day was as good as any to give it one more shot.

To survive, the villagers recently decided to move to the mainland.

Germans either read about the stones or saw them at their feet, and many decided to commission them in their own communities.

Hemlepp, a spokesman, said the company's lawyers had not decided whether to appeal.

My uni has decided to continue using a clunky mostly nonfunctional course management system.

Being an engineer, however, he decided to do something about it.

The former governor did not offer any explanation for why he had decided not to pursue a presidential bid.

I've also decided to mix-up my letters of reccomendation.

Today, finding it harder to cover his costs with rents, he has decided to sell.

Many families have decided to visit the area to try to spot a gray wolf in its natural habitat.

The chairman knew perfectly well that he was going to be harming the environment and decided to go ahead anyway.

She thought about it a little, then decided to move to a city thousands of miles away.

He decided that he and a colleague could push the car the many.

Needless to say, they have decided to hand the manufacturing over to someone else-a company that makes board games.

Once you've chosen a site and decided which vegetables it can accommodate, you'll need to consider climate and length of growing.

They decided they had to do something to prevent minority enrollments from.

Having eliminated one viral disease, the authorities decided they ought to be able to get rid of another: polio.

He thought his colleagues had discovered a quirky individual but decided to take a look.

These are humbling results, so the scientists decided to double-check them in a different way.

With cooler weather and longer nights, our birds' bodies have decided that it's time to surrender their feathers and grow new.

Summers's tenure as president of the university, had decided to return.

In this case, it looks as if some bond bulls decided to throw in the towel.

We decided to prepare five illustrations, one of which would reconstruct the animals and environment of the fossil site.

He decided that the first step to overcoming this problem was figuring out how young children learn to solve the same problem.

They decided against it for fear of harming the creature's tissues, so instead the animal will soften up in a salty bath.

In the end the group decided to try and suss out whether the bees homed in on nectar-laden flowers using color or spatial cues.

We decided to rule out entries from actual farmers, even small-scale ones.

Because of its medical importance, he decided around that time to focus on the influenza virus.

Reluctantly my mother and father decided to put my grandmother into a home.

Trees with over millions of years perfecting their system decided that all those leaves do a fine job.

He and his team decided to tackle the temperature record.

Intricately patterned, flame-colored flowers make this such a unique zinnia that its breeder decided not to turn it into a series.

Maybe you decided to keep that amorous rooster or maybe you have a raging chicken-rescuing complex.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object)

to solve or conclude (a question, controversy, or struggle) by giving victory to one side: The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff.

to determine or settle (something in dispute or doubt): to decide an argument.

to bring (a person) to a decision; persuade or convince: The new evidence decided him.

verb (used without object)

to settle something in dispute or doubt: The judge decided in favor of the plaintiff.

to make a judgment or determine a preference; come to a conclusion.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English deciden < Middle French decider < Latin dēcīdere literally, to cut off, equivalent to dē- de- + -cīdere (combining form of caedere to cut)

Related forms

de·cid·er, noun

pre·de·cide, verb (used with object), -cid·ed, -cid·ing.

re·de·cide, verb, -cid·ed, -cid·ing.

Synonyms
1. Decide, resolve, determine imply settling upon a purpose and being able to adhere to it. To decide is to make up one's mind as to what shall be done and the way to do it: He decided to go today. To resolve is to show firmness of purpose: He resolved to ask for a promotion. To determine is to make up one's mind and then to stick to a fixed or settled purpose: determined to maintain his position at all costs.

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World English Dictionary

decided (dɪˈsaɪdɪd)

—*adj*
1.	unmistakable: a decided improvement
2.	determined; resolute: a girl of decided character

de'cidedly

—*adv*

de'cidedness

—n

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Word Origin & History

decide

late 14c., from O.Fr. decider, from L. decidere "to decide," lit. "to cut off," from de- "off" + cædere "to cut" (see cement). For L. vowel change, see acquisition. Sense is of resolving difficulties "at a stroke." Originally "to settle

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a dispute;" meaning "to make up one's mind" is attested from 1830. Decided in the adj. sense of "resolute" is from 1790. Decisive is c.1600. A decided victory is one whose reality is not in doubt; a decisive one goes far toward settling some issue. Related: Decidedly (1790).

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