decision
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
baseball
boxing
games
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
Etymology: Derived from Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).
Inflected forms:
form: decisions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: decisions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: decisioning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: decisioned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: decisioned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The act of deciding.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A choice or judgement.
pos: noun
tags: 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.
These, and such-like things, are certainly more contrary to the glory of God, to the purity of the Church, and to the salvation of souls, than any conscientious dissent from ecclesiastical decisions, or separation from public worship, whilst accompanied with innocence of life.
It might be that judge Gary decided erroneously the matters which the statute referred to him for decision, and if the Constitution of the United States guaranteed the accused a correct decision, this error would be a violation of constitutional rights. As the case stood, therefore, the exact question was, whether the accused had rights under the federal Constitution which a statute like that of Illinois would violate or which an erroneous decision by the trial court in executing such a law would violate, and if so whether those rights were in fact violated.
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.
gloss: Firmness of conviction.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.
gloss: A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.
gloss: A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout
pos: verb
Related words: decide
decisive
Derived words: 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
gut decision
indecision
majority decision
make a decision
microdecision
misdecision
no decision
nondecision
predecision
redecision
rule of decision
semidecision
split decision
subdecision
take a decision
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: beslissing
lang: Basque
word: erabaki
lang: Basque
word: epai
lang: Basque
word: ebazpen
lang: Catalan
word: decisió
lang: Czech
word: skóre
lang: Danish
word: afgørelse
lang: Dutch
word: verdict
lang: Finnish
word: päätös
lang: Galician
word: decisión
lang: Galician
word: veredito
lang: Georgian
word: განაჩენი
roman: ganačeni
lang: Georgian
word: ვერდიქტი
roman: verdikṭi
lang: Georgian
word: გადაწყვეტილება
roman: gadac̣q̇veṭileba
lang: Georgian
word: დადგენილება
roman: dadgenileba
lang: Greek
word: απόφαση
lang: Hindi
word: निर्णय
roman: nirṇay
lang: Icelandic
word: úrskurður
lang: Irish
word: cinneadh
lang: Irish
word: breith
lang: Latin
word: perfīnītiō
lang: Latvian
word: spriedums
lang: Lithuanian
word: nutartis
lang: Lithuanian
word: sprendimas
lang: Mongolian
word: тогтоол
roman: togtool
lang: Portuguese
word: decisão
lang: Portuguese
word: julgamento
lang: Portuguese
word: veredito
lang: Portuguese
word: sentença
lang: Romanian
word: sentință
lang: Romanian
word: hotărâre
lang: Romanian
word: verdict