noun
Meaning 1
The act of deciding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
decision
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/dɪˈsɪʒn̩/
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[dɪˈsɪʒn̩]
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noun
Meaning 2
A choice or judgement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.
- His life has always been filled with big decisions.
- It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.
- I told him about my decision to leave forever.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: idea, opinion, view, award, censure, choice, conclusion, decision, deduction, determination, ergotism, illation, inference, judgement/judgment, mind, result, sight, take, verdict
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Firmness of conviction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: chiefly combat sports
Examples
- He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
the act of making up your mind about something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the burden of decision was his
- he drew his conclusions quickly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: determination, conclusion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: choice, selection, option, pick
Narrower terms: appointment, assignment, designation, naming, call, move, casting lots, drawing lots, sortition, resolution
noun
Meaning 8
the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a man of unusual decisiveness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decisiveness
Antonyms: indecision
Broader terms: resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution
noun
Meaning 9
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a decision unfavorable to the opposition
- his conclusion took the evidence into account
- satisfied with the panel's determination
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: determination, conclusion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: judgment, judgement, mind
Narrower terms: predetermination
noun
Meaning 10
the outcome of a game or contest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the team dropped three decisions in a row
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination
noun
Meaning 11
(boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination
Narrower terms: split decision
History
Etymology
Derived from Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).
Across languages
Translations
179 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: besluit — choice or judgement
- Akan: gyinaesi — choice or judgement
- Arabic: قَرَار (qarār) — choice or judgement
- Arabic: تَصْمِيم (taṣmīm) — choice or judgement
- Arabic: حُكْم (ḥukm) — choice or judgement
- Arabic: حكم (ḥukm) — choice or judgement
- Arabic: قرار (garār, qarār) — choice or judgement
- Arabic: قرار (qarār) — choice or judgement
- Armenian: որոշում (orošum) — choice or judgement
- Asturian: decisión — choice or judgement
- Azerbaijani: qərar — choice or judgement
- Bashkir: ҡарар (qarar) — choice or judgement
- Basque: erabaki — choice or judgement
- Belarusian: рашэ́нне (rašénnje) — choice or judgement
- Belarusian: рашэ́ньне (rašénʹnje) — choice or judgement
- Bengali: ফয়সালা (foẏsala) — choice or judgement
- Bulgarian: реше́ние (rešénie) — choice or judgement
- Catalan: decisió — choice or judgement
- Chinese Cantonese: 決定 /决定 (kyut3 ding6) — choice or judgement
- Chinese Mandarin: 決定 /决定 (juédìng) — choice or judgement
- Ngazidja Comorian: âzma — choice or judgement
- Czech: rozhodnutí — choice or judgement
- Danish: beslutning — choice or judgement
- Dutch: beslissing — choice or judgement
- Dutch: besluit — choice or judgement
- Esperanto: decido — choice or judgement
- Estonian: otsus — choice or judgement
- Finnish: päätös — choice or judgement
- French: décision — choice or judgement
- French: arrêt — choice or judgement
- Middle French: decision — choice or judgement
- Galician: decisión — choice or judgement
- Georgian: გადაწყვეტილება (gadac̣q̇veṭileba) — choice or judgement
- German: Entscheidung — choice or judgement
- German: Beschluss — choice or judgement
- German: Beschluß — choice or judgement
- German: Beschlusz — choice or judgement
- Greek: απόφαση (apófasi) — choice or judgement
- Hebrew: הַחְלָטָה (hakhlatá) — choice or judgement
- Hindi: निर्णय (nirṇay) — choice or judgement
- Hindi: फ़ैसला (faislā) — choice or judgement
- Hungarian: döntés — choice or judgement
- Icelandic: ákvörðun — choice or judgement
- Indonesian: keputusan — choice or judgement
- Irish: cinneadh — choice or judgement
- Italian: decisione — choice or judgement
- Japanese: 決定 (kettei) — choice or judgement
- Japanese: 決断 (ketsudan) — choice or judgement
- Kalmyk: шиидвр (şiidvr) — choice or judgement
- Kazakh: шешім (şeşım) — choice or judgement
- Khmer: សម្រេច (sɑmrac) — choice or judgement
- Khmer: សាលក្រម (saal krɑm) — choice or judgement
- Khmer: ការសម្រេចចិត្ត (kaa sɑɑsɑmrac cət) — choice or judgement
- Korean: 결정 (gyeoljeong) — choice or judgement
- Central Kurdish: بڕیار (birryar) — choice or judgement
- Northern Kurdish: biryar — choice or judgement
- Northern Kurdish: qerar — choice or judgement
- Kyrgyz: чечим (cecim) — choice or judgement
- Lao: ການຕັດສິນໃຈ (kān tat sin chai) — choice or judgement
- Latin: consultum — choice or judgement
- Latin: dēcrētum — choice or judgement
- Latvian: lēmums — choice or judgement
- Latvian: apņemšanās — choice or judgement
- Lezgi: къарар (q̄arar) — choice or judgement
- Lithuanian: sprendimas — choice or judgement
- Lithuanian: nutarimas — choice or judgement
- Macedonian: одлука (odluka) — choice or judgement
- Malay: keputusan — choice or judgement
- Maltese: deċiżjoni — choice or judgement
- Māori: tatūnga — choice or judgement
- Marathi: निर्णय (nirṇay) — choice or judgement
- Eastern Mari: вашмут (vašmut) — choice or judgement
- Mizo: thutlûkna — choice or judgement
- Mongolian: шийдвэр (šiidver) — choice or judgement
- Norwegian Bokmål: beslutning — choice or judgement
- Occitan: decision — choice or judgement
- Oromo: murtii — choice or judgement
- Papiamentu: desishon — choice or judgement
- Pashto: قرار (qarār) — choice or judgement
- Pashto: تصميم (tasmim) — choice or judgement
- Dari: تَصْمِیم (tasmīm) — choice or judgement
- Dari: قَرَار (qarār) — choice or judgement
- Iranian Persian: تَصْمیم (tasmim) — choice or judgement
- Iranian Persian: قَرار (ġarâr) — choice or judgement
- Polish: decyzja — choice or judgement
- Polish: postanowienie — choice or judgement
- Portuguese: decisão — choice or judgement
- Romanian: decizie — choice or judgement
- Romanian: hotărâre — choice or judgement
- Russian: реше́ние (rešénije) — choice or judgement
- Russian: урегули́рование (uregulírovanije) — choice or judgement
- Serbo-Croatian: одлука — choice or judgement
- Serbo-Croatian: решење — choice or judgement
- Serbo-Croatian: odluka — choice or judgement
- Serbo-Croatian: rešenje — choice or judgement
- Serbo-Croatian: rješenje — choice or judgement
- Slovak: rozhodnutie — choice or judgement
- Slovene: odločitev — choice or judgement
- Lower Sorbian: rozsud — choice or judgement
- Spanish: decisión — choice or judgement
- Swedish: beslut — choice or judgement
- Tabasaran: къарар (q̄arar) — choice or judgement
- Tagalog: pagpasiya — choice or judgement
- Tajik: тасмим (tasmim) — choice or judgement
- Tajik: қарор (qaror) — choice or judgement
- Tamil: முடிவு (muṭivu) — choice or judgement
- Tatar: карар (qarar) — choice or judgement
- Thai: การตัดสิน (gaan-dtàt-sǐn) — choice or judgement
- Thai: การตัดสินใจ (gaan-dtàt-sǐn-jai) — choice or judgement
- Turkish: karar — choice or judgement
- Ottoman Turkish: اختیار (ihtiyâr) — choice or judgement
- Turkmen: karar — choice or judgement
- Ukrainian: рі́шення (ríšennja) — choice or judgement
- Ukrainian: ви́рішення (výrišennja) — choice or judgement
- Urdu: فَیصْلَہ (faisla) — choice or judgement
- Urdu: تَصْمِیم (tasmīm) — choice or judgement
- Urdu: قَرار (qarār) — choice or judgement
- Uyghur: قارار (qarar) — choice or judgement
- Uzbek: qaror — choice or judgement
- Vietnamese: quyết định — choice or judgement
- Zazaki: qerar (diq) — choice or judgement
- Zazaki: hıkum — choice or judgement
- Afrikaans: besluit — firmness of conviction
- Basque: erabaki — firmness of conviction
- Bulgarian: реши́телност (rešítelnost) — firmness of conviction
- Czech: rozhodnost — firmness of conviction
- Danish: beslutsomhed — firmness of conviction
- Dutch: beslissing — firmness of conviction
- Dutch: besluit — firmness of conviction
- Finnish: päättäväisyys — firmness of conviction
- Galician: decisión — firmness of conviction
- Galician: determinación — firmness of conviction
- Galician: resolución — firmness of conviction
- Hindi: संकल्प (saṅkalp) — firmness of conviction
- Japanese: 決意 (ketsui) — firmness of conviction
- Japanese: 決心 (kesshin) — firmness of conviction
- Korean: 결의 (gyeorui) — firmness of conviction
- Korean: 결심 (gyeolsim) — firmness of conviction
- Polish: zdecydowanie — firmness of conviction
- Portuguese: decisão — firmness of conviction
- Romanian: hotărâre — firmness of conviction
- Romanian: fermitate — firmness of conviction
- Russian: реши́тельность (rešítelʹnostʹ) — firmness of conviction
- Russian: реши́мость (rešímostʹ) — firmness of conviction
- Swedish: beslutsamhet — firmness of conviction
- Thai: ความแน่วแน่ (kwaam-nɛ̂ɛo-nɛ̂ɛ) — firmness of conviction
- Vietnamese: sự quả quyết — firmness of conviction
- Afrikaans: beslissing — result arrived at by the judges
- Basque: erabaki — result arrived at by the judges
- Basque: epai — result arrived at by the judges
- Basque: ebazpen — result arrived at by the judges
- Catalan: decisió — result arrived at by the judges
- Czech: skóre — result arrived at by the judges
- Danish: afgørelse — result arrived at by the judges
- Dutch: verdict — result arrived at by the judges
- Finnish: päätös — result arrived at by the judges
- Galician: decisión — result arrived at by the judges
- Galician: veredito — result arrived at by the judges
- Georgian: განაჩენი (ganačeni) — result arrived at by the judges
- Georgian: ვერდიქტი (verdikṭi) — result arrived at by the judges
- Georgian: გადაწყვეტილება (gadac̣q̇veṭileba) — result arrived at by the judges
- Georgian: დადგენილება (dadgenileba) — result arrived at by the judges
- Greek: απόφαση — result arrived at by the judges
- Hindi: निर्णय (nirṇay) — result arrived at by the judges
- Icelandic: úrskurður — result arrived at by the judges
- Irish: cinneadh — result arrived at by the judges
- Irish: breith — result arrived at by the judges
- Latin: perfīnītiō — result arrived at by the judges
- Latvian: spriedums — result arrived at by the judges
- Lithuanian: nutartis — result arrived at by the judges
- Lithuanian: sprendimas — result arrived at by the judges
- Mongolian: тогтоол (togtool) — result arrived at by the judges
- Portuguese: decisão — result arrived at by the judges
- Portuguese: julgamento — result arrived at by the judges
- Portuguese: veredito — result arrived at by the judges
- Portuguese: sentença — result arrived at by the judges
- Romanian: sentință — result arrived at by the judges
- Romanian: hotărâre — result arrived at by the judges
- Romanian: verdict — result arrived at by the judges
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