decision
/dɪˈsɪʒn̩/
decision noun: the act of deciding.
Noun
decision (countable and uncountable, plural decisions)
- The act of deciding.
- A choice or judgement.
- It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.
- His life has always been filled with big decisions.
- Synonyms:
- idea, opinion, view, award, censure, choice, conclusion, deduction, determination, ergotism
- Firmness of conviction.
- After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.
- A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
- He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.
- A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
Verb
decision (third-person singular simple present decisions, present participle decisioning, simple past and past participle decisioned)
decision meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
decision in Hindi
- result arrived at by the judges
- निर्णय nirṇay
- choice or judgement
- निर्णय nirṇay, फ़ैसला faislā
- firmness of conviction
- संकल्प saṅkalp
decision in Tamil
- choice or judgement
- முடிவு muṭivu
decision in Marathi
- choice or judgement
- निर्णय nirṇay
decision in Urdu
- choice or judgement
- فَیصْلَہ faisla, تَصْمِیم tasmīm, قَرار qarār
More languagesFewer languages
- decision in Bengali
- ফয়সালা foẏsala
- decision in Telugu
- తీర్పు tīrpu, నిర్ణయము nirṇayamu, తీర్మానము tīrmānamu
- decision in Malayalam
- തീരുമാനം tīrumānaṁ, തീർപ്പ് tīṟppŭ
- decision in Kannada
- ನಿರ್ಣಯ, ನಿರ್ಧಾರ, ತರಿಸಲು, ತೀರ್ಮಾನ
- decision in Punjabi
- ਫੈਸਲਾ, ਫ਼ੈਸਲਾ
- decision in Gujarati
- ઠરાવ ṭharāv, નિર્ણય nirṇaya, ફેંસલો phě̃slo
- decision in Odia
- ଉତ୍ତର uttara
- decision in Sanskrit
- निर्णय nirṇaya
- decision in Nepali
- निर्णय
- decision in Pashto
- قرار qarār, تصميم tasmim
- decision in Tagalog
- pagpasiya
- decision in Arabic
- قَرَار qarār, تَصْمِيم taṣmīm, حُكْم ḥukm
- decision in Malay
- keputusan
- decision in Indonesian
- keputusan
- decision in Thai
- การตัดสิน gaan-dtàt-sǐn, การตัดสินใจ gaan-dtàt-sǐn-jai, ความแน่วแน่ kwaam-nɛ̂ɛo-nɛ̂ɛ
- decision in Vietnamese
- quyết định, sự quả quyết
Examples of decision in a sentence
- It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.
- I told him about my decision to leave forever.
Synonyms of decision
Forms of decision
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | decisions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | decisions |
| present participle | decisioning |
| past participle | decisioned |
| past | decisioned |
Origin of decision
Derived from Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).
Words formed from decision
- co-decision
- counterdecision
- decisional
- decision fatigue
- decision height
- decisioning
- decisionism
- decisionist
- decisionless
- decision maker
- decisionmaker
- decision-making
- decision making
- decision market
- decision problem
- decision procedure
- decision room
- decision science
- decision stream
- decision theology
- decision theory
- decision tree
- executive decision
- framed decision
- game-time decision
- gut decision
- indecision
- majority decision
- make a decision
- microdecision
- misdecision
- no decision
- nondecision
- predecision
- redecision
- rule of decision
- semidecision
- split decision
- subdecision
- take a decision
Phrases with decision
- decision rooms
- decision trees
- decision makers
- made a decision
- took a decision
- decision heights
- decision markets
- decision streams
- makes a decision
- taken a decision
- takes a decision
- decision problems
3 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with decision
- division
- vision
- circumcision
- concision
- collision
- excision
- Frisian
- incision
- misprision
- precision
- revision
- television
10 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about decision
- What does decision mean?
- Decision means the act of deciding.
- What is decision in Hindi?
- Decision in Hindi is निर्णय (nirṇay), फ़ैसला (faislā), संकल्प (saṅkalp). See Decision meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use decision in a sentence?
- It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.
- What part of speech is decision?
- Decision can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce decision?
- Decision is pronounced /dɪˈsɪʒn̩/.
- What is the plural of decision?
- The plural of decision is decisions.
Words near decision in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: decision (page history and authors); తీర్పు (Telugu) (page history and authors); തീരുമാനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); decision (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); decision (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ઠરાવ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଉତ୍ତର (Odia) (page history and authors); निर्णय (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); decision (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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