Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of deciding.

    the act of making up your mind about something

  2. (countable, uncountable)A choice or judgement.

    It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.

    His life has always been filled with big decisions.

    Entscheidung, Beschluss, Beschluß

    реше́ниеrešénije, урегули́рованиеuregulírovanije

    рі́шенняríšennja, ви́рішенняvýrišennja

  3. (uncountable)Firmness of conviction.

    After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.

    реши́тельностьrešítelʹnostʹ, реши́мостьrešímostʹ

  4. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

Examples

2152 sentences
  1. I have a decision to make.

    Мені треба прийняти рішення. — deniko

    ruМне нужно принять решение. — marafon

    deIch muss eine Entscheidung treffen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Don't make a decision right now.

    Не приймай рішення просто зараз. — deniko

    ruНе принимайте решение прямо сейчас! — marafon

    deEntscheide dich nicht jetzt! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I haven't made a decision yet.

    Я поки що не прийняв рішення. — deniko

    ruЯ пока не принял решение​​. — Lenin_1917

  4. I can make my own decisions.

    Я можу приймасти власні рішення. — deniko

    ruЯ могу принимать самостоятельные решения. — odexed

  5. I informed Tom of my decision.

    Я проінформував Тома про своє рішення. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
choice or judgement:
Русский
By meaning 2
choice or judgement:
firmness of conviction:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
choice or judgement:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: decisions
Singulardecision
Pluraldecisions

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

36 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • make a decision
  • the right decision
  • decision to make
  • make that decision
  • make the decision
  • right decision
  • the judge's decision
  • a wise decision
  • a difficult decision
  • judge's decision was
  • tough decision
  • a tough decision

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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