English

Etymology
from Middle French, in turn from Latin decisio, decisionis, from decidere meaning "to decide".

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-decision.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪ��n|-ɪ��n

Noun
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1. A choice or judgement.

#: It is the decision of the court that spoiling the endings of movies is protected as free speech.
#: It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.

1. Firmness of conviction.

#: After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.

1. boxing A result arrived at by the judges (cf. knockout)

#: He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.

See also
action

Usage notes
Sense 2. To decide something is usually to make or take a decision.
see|Appendix:MakeDoTakeHave

Translations
trans-top|choice or judgement
Czech: rozhodnutí n
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Afrikaans: beskikking
Albanian: vendim
Arabic: ARchar|�رار m
Azeri: q�rar
Basque: erabakitze
Bengali: (shidhanto)
Bulgarian: �е�ение (rešénie) n
Catalan: decisió f
Chinese: �� (juédìng)
Croatian: odlu�nost f
Czech: pevnost f
Danish: beslutning
Dutch: besluit n
Esperanto: decido
Estonian: otsus
Finnish: päätös
French: décision f
Frisian: beslút
Georgian: �������������� (gadacqvetoleba)
German: Entscheidung f, Beschluss m
Greek: α���α�η (apóphasi) f
Hebrew: �����|�ַ�ְ�ָ�ָ� (hakhlat'a) f
Hindi: (nishchaya karana)
Hungarian: döntés
Ido: decido
Indonesian: keputusan
Interlingua: decision
Irish: cinneadh
Italian: decisione f
Japanese: 決� (����, kettei)
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Korean: ê²°ì � (gyeoljeong)
Kurdish: KUchar|ب��ار
Latin: decisio f
Latino sine flexione: decisione
Latvian: l�mums
Lithuanian: sprendimas
Macedonian: одл�ка (odluka) f
Malay: keputusan
Mongolian: �ог�оол �ий�г�л (togtool šiytgel)
Norwegian: avgjørelse
Old English: dom#Old English|d�m
Papiamentu: desishon
Persian: FAchar|تص���
Polish: decyzja f
Portuguese: decisão f
Romanian: hot�râre
Russian: �е�ение (rešénije) n
Serbian: одл��но�� (odlu�nost) f
Slovak: pevnosť f
Slovene: odlo�itev f
Spanish: decisión f
Swahili: hukumu
Swedish: avgörande c
Tagalog: kapasiyahan
Telugu: నిర�ణయ� (nirNayam)
Thai: THchar|�าร�ั�สิ��� (gaan dtàt-sĭn jai)
Turkish: karar
Ukrainian: ви���енн� (výrišennja) f
Vietnamese: sự giải quyết
Welsh: dyfarniad
Yiddish: ��ַש��ס (bashlus) m

Related terms

decide
decisive
decision tree

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