Слово англійською: decide
Дієслово
Переклад decide українською: вирішувати; приймати рішення, робити вибір, to ~ between two alternatives — вибрати одно з двох, покласти край ваганням (сумнівам); спонукати (когось); схиляти до рішення, that ~s me! — вирішено!
Детальний опис
decide
verb /dɪˈsaɪd/
Word Family- decide verb
- decision noun (≠ indecision)
- decisive adjective (≠ indecisive)
- undecided adjective
- [intransitive, transitive] to think carefully about the different possibilities that are available and choose one of them
- It's up to you to decide.
- You will have to decide soon.
- I can't tell you what to do—you'll have to decide for yourself.
- decide to do something We've decided not to go away after all.
- Why did you decide to look for a new job?
- She gave up politics and decided instead to focus on charity work.
- decide (that)… The government has already decided that the law needs to be changed.
- She decided that she wanted to live in France.
- decide what, whether, etc… You have the right to decide what you want to do.
- I can't decide what to wear.
- She couldn’t decide whether he was telling the truth or not.
- decide between A and B It was difficult to decide between the two candidates.
- decide against something She finally decided against a career in medicine.
- decide against doing something They decided against taking legal action.
- decide something Sales figures will ultimately decide the future of these types of games.
- We might be hiring more people but nothing has been decided yet.
- The venue for the concert has yet to be decided.
- it is decided (that)… It was decided that the school should purchase new software.
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- mean
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- prepare
- pretend
- promise
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- swear
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- want
- wish
- [transitive, intransitive] (law) to make an official or legal judgement
- decide something The case will be decided by a jury.
- decide for/in favour of somebody | decide in somebody’s favour The Appeal Court decided in their favour.
- decide against somebody It is always possible that the judge may decide against you.
- decide on something He challenged her right as governor to decide on the matter.
- [transitive] to affect the result of something
- decide something A mixture of skill and good luck decided the outcome of the game.
- decide if, whether, etc… A number of factors decide whether a movie will be successful or not.
- [transitive] to be the reason why somebody does something
- For most customers, price is the deciding factor.
- decide somebody (to do something) They offered me free accommodation for a year, and that decided me.
- decide something (for somebody) That decided it for me: I wasn't carrying my bike back up those stairs.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘bring to a settlement’): from French décider, from Latin decidere ‘determine’, from de- ‘off’ + caedere ‘cut’.
Phrasal Verbs