/dɪˈsaɪd/
Translation
To choose what to do after thinking about it, so you are no longer unsure.
Word origin
From Latin decidere, meaning to cut off or settle, from caedere, to cut.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- decidere
Grammar
Examples
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"Decide" means to choose after thinking.
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"Decides" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Decided" is the past form of "decide".
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