decide
/dɪˈsaɪd/ · verb
Meaning
- To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
- To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
- To cause someone to come to a decision.
- Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input.
- To cut off; to separate.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English deciden, from Old French decider, from Latin dēcīdere, infinitive of dēcīdō (“cut off, decide”), from dē (“down from”) + caedō (“cut”).
- dēcīdere(la)→
- decider(fro)→
- deciden(Middle English)→
- *kh₂eyd-(ine-pro)→
- decide (English)
- Relations: root, inh, der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- decidi(Esperanto) (der)
- decidar(Ido) (bor)
- decider(Interlingua) (der)
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