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decidest

decidest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of decide.

Meaning of decide

Verb

decide (third-person singular simple present decides, present participle deciding, simple past and past participle decided)

  1. (ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
    • The election will be decided on foreign policies.
  2. (intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
    • You must decide between good and evil.
  3. (transitive) To cause someone to come to a decision.
    • Your admonition decided me against my intended course of action.
  4. Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input.
    • No Turing Machine can decide the halting problem.
  5. (obsolete) To cut off; to separate.
    • Our seat denies us traffic here; / The sea, too near, decides us from the rest.1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC

Origin of decidest

decide + -est

Questions about decidest

What is decidest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Decidest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of decide.

Words near decidest in the dictionary

  1. decider
  2. deciders
  3. decides
  4. decides on
  5. decides upon
  6. decidest
  7. decideth
  8. deciding
  9. deciding on
  10. deciding upon
  11. decidingly

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