deciding

/dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/

noun 1adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

actual, difficult, done, hard, important, prudent

VERB + DECIDING

cannot, casts, don't, finding, help, house, remember, thinks

DECIDING + NOUN

cases, everything, factor, medicine, success, way

PREP.

in, in, on, on

ADV.

actually, always, carefully, closely, often

Definitions

noun

The act of making a decision.

She saw to my meals; but the what and the when and the how of our eating was always controlled by her own decidings.

By keeping the court's public work mystified and secret, the justices, like [Clarence] Thomas, denigrate how important the actual deciding of cases is to the American people.

adj

Resulting, having resulted, or having the potential to result in a decision or conclusion.

The cost turned out to be the deciding factor in our final choice.

Justice [Anthony] Kennedy often casts the deciding vote in closely divided cases on major social issues.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

She saw to my meals; but the what and the when and the how of our eating was always controlled by her own decidings.

Wiktionary

By keeping the court's public work mystified and secret, the justices, like [Clarence] Thomas, denigrate how important the actual deciding of cases is to the American people.

Wiktionary

The cost turned out to be the deciding factor in our final choice.

Wiktionary

Justice [Anthony] Kennedy often casts the deciding vote in closely divided cases on major social issues.

Wiktionary

I had a hand in the family deciding to move to New York.

Tatoeba · #24092

You should be prudent in deciding which way to go.

Tatoeba · #37461

Usage Notes

Your note

not saved

0 chars