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verb (decid, ing)
  1. (transitive) To resolve (a contest, problem etc.); to determine or settle.
The election will be decided on foreign policies.
  1. (intransitive) To resolve a dispute, to give judgement
You must between good and evil.
  1. (transitive) To cause someone to come to a decision
  • 1920: It decides me to look into the matter, for if it is worth anyone's while to take so much trouble, there must be something in it. " Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Three Gables" (Norton 2005, p. 1537)
    1. (transitive & intransitive) To come to a resolution or judgement
I have decided to walk to work today.
We must on our next move.
Etymology: From French décider or Latin decidere "cut off, decide", from de- + caedere "cut".

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