Decision
[dɪ'sɪʒ(ə)n] or [dɪ'sɪʒn]
Definition
(noun.) the act of making up your mind about something; 'the burden of decision was his'; 'he drew his conclusions quickly'.
(noun.) a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; 'a decision unfavorable to the opposition'; 'his conclusion took the evidence into account'; 'satisfied with the panel's determination'.
(noun.) the outcome of a game or contest; 'the team dropped three decisions in a row'.
(noun.) (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred; 'had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent'.
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Definition
(n.) Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.
(n.) The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion.
(n.) An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court.
(n.) The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Conclusion, judgment, determination, settlement.[2]. Resolution, firmness.
Checked by Edwin
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Determination, conclusion, sentence, judgment, resolution, firmness
ANT:Irresoluteness, vagueness, indecision, uncertainty, unsettlement
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Definition
n. the act of deciding: settlement: judgment: the quality of being decided in character.—adj. Decī′sive having the power of deciding: showing decision: final: positive.—adv. Decī′sively.—n. Decī′siveness.—adj. Decī′sory decisive.
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Examples
- Her decision, she says, will much depend on what you can tell her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is not merely an arbitrary decision of theirs, come to without reason. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Whenever you please, was his answer; as though he had already recorded his decision against me and made his mind up not to look at it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Much decision and much heart. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I hope that I may be excused for entering on these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Tom spoke in a mild voice, but with a decision that could not be mistaken. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- A struggle then began in the courts, which on October 4, 1892, terminated in a decision by the United States Court of Appeals (Edison Electric Light Company vs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- You have decision. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The result of her meditations was the decision to join her aunt at Richfield. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And your reasons, Rose,' he said, at length, in a low voice; 'your reasons for this decision? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Everybody awaited the decision. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- If he committed himself to a decision at all, and if the decision was favourable, the strength of our case was as good as proved from that moment. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Archer was sure that Madame Olenska's decision had not been influenced by the change in her financial situation. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- And the trader leaned back in his chair, and folded his arm, with an air of virtuous decision, apparently considering himself a second Wilberforce. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And having arrived at this Spartan decision Mr. Welland firmly took up his fork. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Your decisions are perfectly judicious, madam, returned Mr. Brocklehurst. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- One good deed or one bad one is no measure of a man's character: the Last Judgment let us hope will be no series of decisions as simple as that. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There are no more decisions and in a little while you will know. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- We shall offer a few brief extracts from some of these decisions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is the same case with most of the primary decisions of the mathematics. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The courts abroad have considered his patents in a liberal spirit and given him his due; the decisions in this country have fallen wide of the mark. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These decisions do not well agree together, and are a proof of the contrariety of those principles, from which they are derived. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Justice, in her decisions, never regards the fitness or unfitness of objects to particular persons, but conducts herself by more extensive views. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Except in certain specified instances the league of this Covenant could make only unanimous decisions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On account of this conflict of decisions the matter was referred to the Court of King’s Bench. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The church did indeed take notice of what was afoot, but only because of the disregard of her conclusive decisions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Upon this question the decisions of the courts of justice were not uniform, but varied with the authority of government, and the humours of the times. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- With the invention of the twine-binder the patent war burst out afresh, and again the courts were called upon for decisions between the rivals. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It was composed of knights, poets and ladies, who discussed and gave decisions on subtle questions of love and gallantry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- You had to trust the people you worked with completely or not at all, and you had to make decisions about the trusting. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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