decision

English Online Dictionary. What means decision‎? What does decision mean?

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɪʒən/, [dɪˈsɪʒn̩]
• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

decision (countable and uncountable, plural decisions)

1. The act of deciding.
2. A choice or judgement.
3. (uncountable) Firmness of conviction.

4. (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.

5. (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

Usage notes

• (choice or judgment): Most often, to decide something is to make a decision; however, other possibilities exist as well. Many verbs used with destination or conclusion, such as reach, come to, and arrive at can also be used with decision; these serve to emphasize that the decision is the result of deliberation. Finally, some varieties of English prefer to take a decision rather than make one.
• See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for uses and meaning of decision collocated with these words.

Derived terms

Related terms

• decide
• decisive

Collocations

Translations

Verb

decision (third-person singular simple present decisions, present participle decisioning, simple past and past participle decisioned)

1. (boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout

Further reading

• decision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• coin dies, iconised

Lombard

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /det͡ʃiˈsjũː/

Noun

decision f

1. decision

See also

• decision at Lombard Wiktionary

Middle French

Etymology

Derived from Latin, see above.

Noun

decision f (plural decisions)

1. decision

Occitan

Etymology

Derived from Latin dēcīsiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

decision f (plural decisions)

1. decision

Related terms

• decidir