to decide

Examples

• All

• Does that change how you decide to tackle a climb?

• This could decide the rest of our lives.

  Maybe I Do (2023)

• Who is going to decide if I come back or not?

• How are we going to decide what one wants to know?

• One moment can decide the outcome.

  Bite School 2 (2025)

• We decided to test a hypothesis and we went really big.

  2000 Mules (2022)

• We've decided on life without parole.

  Hit Man (2024)

• As a whole class, students can decide on a chord progression they have developed using technology.

  Academic text (2015)

• Tweets will make news, Tweets will decide the headlines of stories.

  Chris Williamson

• The results of the experiment will decide the future direction of our research.

Synonyms

D

to determine

vsto decide

282 3.1

To decide how something will happen or develop

influences the final result rather than shaping the process

Phrasal Verbs

U

to up and decide

• Informal

1 7.8

To suddenly choose to do something without planning

How Decisive

to determine

282 3.1

to decide

417 1.1

to sway

81 3.6

to influence

591 2.2

to affect

∞ 3.0

Surface Forms

Etymology