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To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.ambitransitive
- The election will be decided on foreign policies.
- It was decided to meet here at midnight.
- 2
To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.intransitive
- You must decide between good and evil.
- I have decided that it is healthier to walk to work.
- 3
To cause someone to come to a decision.transitive
- Your admonition decided me against my intended course of action.
- 4
Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input.
- No Turing Machine can decide the halting problem.
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To cut off; to separate.obsolete
- Our seat denies us traffic here; / The sea, too near, decides us from the rest.
syn. choose up · decide · determine · resolve · find · judge · posken · make a decision · make up one's mind · take a decision · work out
ant. jump to conclusions · rush to judgement