- crucial, deciding, determinant, determinative, determining - having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"
Antonym: indecisive (indirect, via decisive)
- decision making, deciding - the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"
--1 is a kind of higher cognitive process
--1 has particulars:Derived forms: verb decide2, verb decide1
- decide, make up one's mind, determine - reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun decision2, noun deciding1
They decide to move
- decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate - bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
--2 is one way to end, terminate
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun deciding1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- decide - cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!"
--3 is one way to induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- decide - influence or determine; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"
--4 is one way to determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- decide - influence or determine; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"