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

decision (countable and uncountable, plural decisions)

  1. The act of deciding.
  2. A choice or judgement.
    Synonyms: idea, opinion, view; see also Thesaurus:judgement
    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.
    • 1689, John Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration:
      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.
    • 1888, William Harrison Dunbar, “The Anarchists’ Case Before the Supreme Court of the United States”, in Harvard Law Review, volume 1, number 17, page 310:
      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.
  3. (uncountable) Firmness of conviction.
    After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.
  4. (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.
  5. (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

Collocations

choice or judgement

firmness of conviction

result arrived at by the judges

Translations to be checked

decision (third-person singular simple present decisions, present participle decisioning, simple past and past participle decisioned)

  1. (boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout

decision f

  1. decision

Derived from Latin, see above.

decision f (plural decisions)

  1. decision

Derived from Latin dēcīsiō.

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decision f (plural decisions)

  1. decision