decide

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• /dɪˈsaɪd/
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From Middle English deciden, from Old French decider, from Latin dēcīdere, infinitive of dēcīdō (“cut off, decide”), from dē (“down from”) + caedō (“cut”).

190 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: besluit — to resolve or settle
• Albanian: vendos — to resolve or settle
• Albanian: danoj — to resolve or settle
• Southern Altai: салар (salar) — to resolve or settle
• Southern Altai: буйурар (buyurar) — to resolve or settle
• Arabic: قَرَّرَ (qarrara) — to resolve or settle
• Arabic: صَمَّمَ (ṣammama) — to resolve or settle
• Armenian: որոշել (orošel) — to resolve or settle
• Armenian: վճռել (včṙel) — to resolve or settle
• Asturian: decidir — to resolve or settle
• Azerbaijani: qərar vermək — to resolve or settle
• Bangi: kana — to resolve or settle
• Belarusian: раша́ць (rašácʹ) — to resolve or settle
• Belarusian: рашы́ць (rašýcʹ) — to resolve or settle
• Bengali: স্থির করা (sthir kora) — to resolve or settle
• Bulgarian: реша́вам (rešávam) — to resolve or settle
• Bulgarian: реша́ (rešá) — to resolve or settle
• Bulgarian: разреша́вам (razrešávam) — to resolve or settle
• Burmese: သန္နိဌာန်ချ (sanni.htanhkya.) — to resolve or settle
• Burmese: ဆုံးဖြတ် (hcum:hprat) — to resolve or settle
• Catalan: decidir — to resolve or settle
• Chinese Cantonese: 解決 /解决 (gaai2 kyut3) — to resolve or settle
• Chinese Mandarin: 解決 /解决 (jiějué) — to resolve or settle
• Czech: rozhodovat — to resolve or settle
• Czech: rozhodnout — to resolve or settle
• Danish: afgøre — to resolve or settle
• Danish: beslutte — to resolve or settle
• Dutch: beslissen — to resolve or settle
• Dutch: besluiten — to resolve or settle
• Esperanto: decidi — to resolve or settle
• Estonian: otsustama — to resolve or settle
• Faroese: gera av — to resolve or settle
• Finnish: ratkaista — to resolve or settle
• French: décider — to resolve or settle
• Galician: decidir — to resolve or settle
• Georgian: გადაწყვეტა (gadac̣q̇veṭa) — to resolve or settle
• Georgian: გადაჭრა (gadač̣ra) — to resolve or settle
• German: entscheiden — to resolve or settle
• German: beschließen — to resolve or settle
• German: entschließen — to resolve or settle
• Greek: αποφασίζω (apofasízo) — to resolve or settle
• Greek: κρίνω (kríno) — to resolve or settle
• Ancient Greek: διακρίνω (diakrínō) — to resolve or settle
• Hawaiian: hoʻoholo — to resolve or settle
• Hebrew: החליט (hekhlít) — to resolve or settle
• Hebrew: הכריע (hikhría) — to resolve or settle
• Hindi: निर्णय करना (nirṇay karnā) — to resolve or settle
• Hindi: फ़ैसला करना (faislā karnā) — to resolve or settle
• Hungarian: dönt — to resolve or settle
• Hungarian: eldönt — to resolve or settle
• Hungarian: elhatároz — to resolve or settle
• Icelandic: ákveða — to resolve or settle
• Ido: decidar — to resolve or settle
• Ido: decidigar — to resolve or settle
• Interlingua: decider — to resolve or settle
• Irish: cinn — to resolve or settle
• Italian: decidere — to resolve or settle
• Italian: stabilire — to resolve or settle
• Japanese: 解決する (kaiketsu suru) — to resolve or settle
• Japanese: 決める (kimeru) — to resolve or settle
• Kalmyk: шиидх (şiidx) — to resolve or settle
• Kazakh: шығару (şyğaru) — to resolve or settle
• Khmer: សម្រេចចិត្ត (sɑmrɨc cət) — to resolve or settle
• Khmer: តាំងចិត្ត (taŋ cət) — to resolve or settle
• Korean: 해결하다 (haegyeolhada) — to resolve or settle
• Korean: 정하다 (jeonghada) — to resolve or settle
• Northern Kurdish: biryar dan — to resolve or settle
• Northern Kurdish: qerar dan — to resolve or settle
• Kyrgyz: чечүү (cecüü) — to resolve or settle
• Kyrgyz: чыгаруу (cıgaruu) — to resolve or settle
• Ladino: desidar — to resolve or settle
• Ladino: dechidir — to resolve or settle
• Ladino: dar karar — to resolve or settle
• Lao: ຕັດສິນໃຈ (tat sin chai) — to resolve or settle
• Lao: ຕັດສິນ — to resolve or settle
• Latin: decido — to resolve or settle
• Latin: statuo — to resolve or settle
• Latvian: lemt — to resolve or settle
• Lingala: kana — to resolve or settle
• Lithuanian: nuspręsti — to resolve or settle
• Livonian: loptātõ — to resolve or settle
• Livonian: loptāntõ — to resolve or settle
• Lushootseed: ʔiw — to resolve or settle
• Macedonian: одлучи (odluči) — to resolve or settle
• Malay: putus — to resolve or settle
• Malayalam: തീരുമാനിക്കുക (tīrumānikkuka) — to resolve or settle
• Norwegian Bokmål: beslutte — to resolve or settle
• Old English: ġesċēadan — to resolve or settle
• Oromo: murteessuu — to resolve or settle
• Persian: تصمیم گرفتن (tasmim gereftan) — to resolve or settle
• Polish: decydować — to resolve or settle
• Polish: zdecydować — to resolve or settle
• Polish: postanowić — to resolve or settle
• Portuguese: decidir — to resolve or settle
• Romanian: decide — to resolve or settle
• Russian: реша́ть (rešátʹ) — to resolve or settle
• Russian: реши́ть (rešítʹ) — to resolve or settle
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir ro — to resolve or settle
• Serbo-Croatian: одлу́чити — to resolve or settle
• Serbo-Croatian: odlúčiti — to resolve or settle
• Slovak: rozhodovať — to resolve or settle
• Slovak: rozhodnúť — to resolve or settle
• Slovene: odločiti — to resolve or settle
• Spanish: decidir — to resolve or settle
• Spanish: resolver — to resolve or settle
• Swedish: besluta — to resolve or settle
• Swedish: bestämma — to resolve or settle
• Tajik: тасмим гирифтан (tasmim giriftan) — to resolve or settle
• Thai: ตัดสินใจ (dtàt sĭn jai) — to resolve or settle
• Thai: ตัดสิน (dtàt sĭn) — to resolve or settle
• Turkish: karar vermek — to resolve or settle
• Turkmen: ýüregne düwmek — to resolve or settle
• Turkmen: ýüregine düwmek — to resolve or settle
• Ukrainian: вирі́шувати (vyríšuvaty) — to resolve or settle
• Ukrainian: ви́рішити (výrišyty) — to resolve or settle
• Urdu: فیصلہ کرنا (faislā karnā) — to resolve or settle
• Uzbek: qasd qilmoq — to resolve or settle
• Vietnamese: quyết định — to resolve or settle
• Yiddish: באַשליסן (bashlisn) — to resolve or settle
• Zazaki: qerar dayen — to resolve or settle
• Arabic: قَرَّرَ (qarrara) — give judgement
• Asturian: decidir — give judgement
• Belarusian: раша́ць (rašácʹ) — give judgement
• Belarusian: рашы́ць (rašýcʹ) — give judgement
• Bulgarian: реша́вам (rešávam) — give judgement
• Bulgarian: разреша́вам (razrešávam) — give judgement
• Catalan: decidir — give judgement
• Cherokee: ᏕᎫᎪᏗᎭ (degugodiha) — give judgement
• Chinese Cantonese: 決定 /决定 (kyut3 ding6) — give judgement
• Chinese Mandarin: 決定 /决定 (juédìng) — give judgement
• Czech: rozhodnout — give judgement
• Czech: rozhodnout se — give judgement
• Danish: afgøre — give judgement
• Faroese: gera av — give judgement
• Finnish: päättää — give judgement
• Finnish: ratkaista — give judgement
• Finnish: valita — give judgement
• French: décider — give judgement
• Galician: decidir — give judgement
• German: entscheiden — give judgement
• German: beschließen — give judgement
• German: festsetzen — give judgement
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (andþagkjan) — give judgement
• Greek: αποφασίζω (apofasízo) — give judgement
• Ancient Greek: βούλομαι (boúlomai) — give judgement
• Hebrew: הכריע (hikhría) — give judgement
• Hungarian: dönt — give judgement
• Hungarian: döntést hoz — give judgement
• Ingrian: meinata — give judgement
• Ingrian: duumata — give judgement
• Ingrian: reknata — give judgement
• Italian: decretare — give judgement
• Italian: deliberare — give judgement
• Italian: pronunciarsi — give judgement
• Japanese: 決める (kimeru) — give judgement
• Japanese: 決する (kessuru) — give judgement
• Japanese: 決定する (kettei suru) — give judgement
• Korean: 결정하다 (gyeoljeonghada) — give judgement
• Korean: 정하다 (jeonghada) — give judgement
• Northern Kurdish: biryar dan — give judgement
• Northern Kurdish: qerar dan — give judgement
• Latin: decido — give judgement
• Latvian: lemt — give judgement
• Malayalam: തീരുമാനിക്കുക (tīrumānikkuka) — give judgement
• Persian: تصمیم گرفتن (tasmim gereftan) — give judgement
• Polish: zdecydować — give judgement
• Portuguese: decidir — give judgement
• Romanian: decide — give judgement
• Russian: реша́ть (rešátʹ) — give judgement
• Russian: реши́ть (rešítʹ) — give judgement
• Scottish Gaelic: suidhich air — give judgement
• Serbo-Croatian: одлу́чити — give judgement
• Serbo-Croatian: odlúčiti — give judgement
• Spanish: decidir — give judgement
• Swedish: avgöra — give judgement
• Turkish: karar vermek — give judgement
• Ukrainian: вирі́шувати (vyríšuvaty) — give judgement
• Ukrainian: ви́рішити (výrišyty) — give judgement
• Uzbek: qaror qilmoq — give judgement
• Yiddish: באַשליסן (bashlisn) — give judgement
• Danish: få en person til at beslutte sig — to cause someone to come to a decision
• Finnish: ratkaista — to cause someone to come to a decision
• Italian: convincere — to cause someone to come to a decision
• Northern Kurdish: biryar pê dan — to cause someone to come to a decision
• Latin: statuo — to cause someone to come to a decision
• Latin: decerno — to cause someone to come to a decision
• Latin: constituo — to cause someone to come to a decision
• Latin: edico — to cause someone to come to a decision
• Latin: sancio — to cause someone to come to a decision
• Romanian: convinge — to cause someone to come to a decision