decide

About 28.97 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.

   The election will be decided on foreign policies.

2. verb To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.

   You must decide between good and evil.

3. verb To cause someone to come to a decision.

   Your admonition decided me against my intended course of action.

4. verb Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input.

   No Turing Machine can decide the halting problem.

5. verb To cut off; to separate.

Similar words

resolve settle determine decision determined solve choice opt resolution ascertain

Often followed by

to whether what on the which that how for

Word family

decidabilities decidability decidable decided decider deciders decides deciding