# decision
## English
### Etymology

Derived from Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪˈsɪʒən/, [dɪˈsɪʒn̩]
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪʒən

### Noun

decision (countable and uncountable, plural decisions)
* The act of deciding.
* A choice or judgement.
    It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.
    It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.
** 2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10:The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
* (uncountable) Firmness of conviction.
    After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.
* (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
    He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.
* (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

#### Usage notes

* (choice or judgment): Most often, to decide something is to make a decision; however, other possibilities exist as well. Many verbs used with destination or conclusion, such as reach, come to, and arrive at can also be used with decision; these serve to emphasize that the decision is the result of deliberation. Finally, some varieties of English prefer to take a decision rather than make one.
* See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for uses and meaning of decision collocated with these words.

#### Derived terms

* co-decision
* counterdecision
* decisional
* decision fatigue
* decision height
* decisioning
* decisionism
* decisionist
* decisionless
* decision maker
* decisionmaker
* decision-making
* decision making
* decision market
* decision problem
* decision procedure
* decision room
* decision science
* decision stream
* decision theology
* decision theory
* decision tree
* executive decision
* framed decision
* game-time decision
* indecision
* majority decision
* make a decision
* microdecision
* misdecision
* no decision
* nondecision
* predecision
* redecision
* rule of decision
* semidecision
* split decision
* subdecision
* take a decision

#### Related terms

* decide
* decisive

#### Collocations

* Adjectives often applied to "decision": bad, big, careful, challenging, clever, collective, complex, delayed, deliberate, difficult, easy, foolish, forced, good, hard, hasty, important, informed, major, personal, poor, prudent, quick, rash, responsible, serious, significant, slow, small, smart, strategic, stupid, thoughtful, tough, uninformed, wise.

#### Translations

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### Verb

decision (third-person singular simple present decisions, present participle decisioning, simple past and past participle decisioned)
* (boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout

### Further reading

* decision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* coin dies, iconised

## Lombard
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /det͡ʃiˈsjũː/

### Noun

decision f
* decision

### See also

* decision at Lombard Wiktionary

## Middle French
### Etymology

Derived from Latin, see above.

### Noun

decision f (plural decisions)
* decision

## Occitan
### Etymology

Derived from Latin dēcīsiō.

### Pronunciation

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* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Noun

decision f (plural decisions)
* decision

#### Related terms

* decidir