Kilo Lingo

decide

/dɪˈsaɪd/

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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

Verb typeregular (decide, decides, decided)

Examples

tonight.

"Decide" means to choose after thinking.

everything .

"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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This word is part of lesson 9.