making a decision
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1.6
- noun
- The committee spent hours making a decision about the best approach to the project.
- information for making a decision
- prior to making a decision
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Watch on YouTubeI think I have made a decision to be open.
- I think I have made a decision to be open.
- Ideas are meaningless unless you make a decision and you start taking action.
- See, I, I believe in that if you're going to make a decision, you want all the data.
- But as I said, we have to speak about and then we will make a decision.
- I think for me it was, you know, I, you know, I made a decision.
- You spend all of this motivation that you had over thinking and trying to make a decision about what you should study.
- But now you have to make a decision that after whether it was truth.
- I had nothing but I made a decision man.
- I'm speaking Auntie man to man to make a decision in the moment.
Examples
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At times, a person with mental health problems may be incapable of making a decision.
Academic text (2009) -
The social work profession will ultimately be confronted with making a decision regarding which policies to support and advocate for.
Academic text (2005) -
The girl said, clearly making a decision, "I gotta call him."
Fiction book (1998) -
Person B is making a decision that puts them in control.
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More and more employers do a quick search on Google before making a decision regarding potential employees.
Blog text (8) -
It's going to be about you making a decision and sticking to it.
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The feedback an individual receives after making a decision can affect the decision maker's achievement and learning.
Academic text (1991) -
So I think this is about making a decision and not dwelling or pondering on what if.
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In this media environment, comments serve as heuristic cues that might help when forming an opinion and making a decision.
Academic text (2016) -
After carefully considering all the options, she felt confident about making a decision regarding her career.
Synonyms
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1.0
A choice made after thinking about different options
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3.1
Choosing what to do after thinking about options
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2.5
The process of choosing what to do after thinking about options
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3.3
Deciding firmly what to do
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2.8
Thinking about facts to form an opinion or make a decision
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2.8
A series of steps people follow to make a choice in a group or organization
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1.8
A process of choosing between two or more options
How Final
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'making a decision' is transparently compositional: 'making' (the act of causing or performing) combined with 'decision' (a choice) directly yields the process of choosing. This is a standard, cross-linguistically common noun phrase construction (with a determiner) that a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand.
Etymology
Making a decision comes from a simple image: you are making something by putting information together until you have one clear decision. So the phrase means 'to choose' one plan from several options.