/deside/
Translation
decided, determined
Word origin
From the verb decider, from Latin decidere ('to cut off, determine'), from de- ('off') and caedere ('to cut').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- decidere
- English cognates
- decide, decisive, concise
Grammar
Examples
l' .
He seems quite determined to leave the city once and for all.
au .
Management has decided to move the meeting to next month.
: au Portugal cette .
She has made up her mind : she will spend her holidays in Portugal this year.
' , au .
He spoke in a determined tone, leaving no room for doubt.
, '.
Once she has made up her mind, she never changes it.
Decide est le participe passe de decider (to decide), employe comme adjectif au sens de determined, resolute. Etre decide(e) a + infinitif exprime une resolution ferme. Decider de + infinitif est la construction verbale courante : il a decide de partir (he decided to leave).
Se decider (to make up one's mind) est la forme pronominale : je n'arrive pas a me decider (I can't make up my mind). C'est decide ! (It's decided! That's settled!) cloture une discussion. Decisif / decisive est l'adjectif connexe pour decrire ce qui est crucial.
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