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deciding on

deciding on is the present participle and gerund of decide on.

Meaning of decide on

Verb

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

  1. To choose (something) after carefully considering one's options.
    • I'm having trouble deciding on where to get food.
    Synonyms:
    decide upon, set

Questions about deciding on

What is deciding on the present participle and gerund of?
Deciding on is the present participle and gerund of decide on.

Words near deciding on in the dictionary

  1. decides on
  2. decides upon
  3. decidest
  4. decideth
  5. deciding
  6. deciding on
  7. deciding upon
  8. decidingly
  9. decidings
  10. decidophobia
  11. decidua

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deciding on (page history and authors); decide on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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