decider
/dɪˈsaɪdə(ɹ)/
decider noun: a person, divinity, or authoritative text which decides.
Noun
decider (plural deciders)
- A person, divinity, or authoritative text which decides.
- This written and revealed will of God I said was the Judge and Decider of all Questions.1667, anon., "George Fox digg'd out of his burrowes, or An offer of disputation on fourteen proposalls...". John Foster, Boston, pp. 89-90
- The Determination of his Majesty, who is the only proper decider of this Matter.1758, Aaron Leaming, Jacob Spicer, The grants, concessions, and original constitutions of the province of New-Jersey, Philadelphia, page 680
- An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.
- Four years on, France […] will meet Ireland again in the probable decider for their World Cup pool in September 21 in Paris.2007 February 10, William Fotheringham, “France aim to end four years of regret with seven-week sacrifice”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- […] when the Welshman laid on the 74th-minute decider.2007 February 22, Kevin McCarra, “Liverpool show of unity recalls old magic”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- A Turing machine that halts regardless of its input.
Examples of decider in a sentence
- The god Adar, which, with its two oft-occurring idiographs Bar and Nin-ib, is preferably designated as the "Decider" (Entschneider).1885, Friedrich Delitzsch, "General Notes: The Religion of the Kassites," Hebraica, vol 1 no 3 (Jan), p. 190
- Although the decider may know any of the principles in the sequence, he cannot know every such principle.1967 March 15, David P. Gauthier, “How Decisions are Caused”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 64, number 5, page 151:
- But I'm the decider and I decide what is best.2006 April 18, George W. Bush, quotee, “President Bush Announces Appointment of New Budget Director”, in Washington Post, →ISSN, archived...
- Bush, within the frontal cortex, it's the PFC that is “the decider.”2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 2, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:
Synonyms of decider
Forms of decider
| plural | deciders |
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Origin of decider
From decide + -er.
Words that rhyme with decider
Questions about decider
- What does decider mean?
- Decider means a person, divinity, or authoritative text which decides.
- How do you use decider in a sentence?
- The god Adar, which, with its two oft-occurring idiographs Bar and Nin-ib, is preferably designated as the "Decider" (Entschneider).
- What part of speech is decider?
- Decider is a noun.
- How do you pronounce decider?
- Decider is pronounced /dɪˈsaɪdə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of decider?
- The plural of decider is deciders.
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