Definition of decide

"decide" in the verb sense

1. decide, make up one's mind, determine

reach, make, or come to a decision about something

"We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

2. decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate

bring to an end settle conclusively

"The case was decided"

"The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"

"The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"

3. decide

cause to decide

"This new development finally decided me!"

4. decide

influence or determine

"The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"

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Quotations for decide

The balance will decide the matter. [ Proverb ]

Who shall decide when doctors disagree,
And sound casuists doubt like you and me? [ Pope ]

Wise men argue causes, and fools decide them. [ Anacharsis ]

The Alphabet Of Success

Attend carefully to details.
Be prompt in all things.
Consider well, then decide positively.
Dare to do right, fear to do wrong.
Endure trials patiently.
Fight life's battles bravely.
Go not into the society of the vicious.
Hold your integrity sacred.
Injure not another's reputation.
Join hands only with the virtuous.
Keep your mind free from evil thoughts.
Lie not for any consideration.
Make few special acquaintances.
Never try to appear what you are not.
Observe good manners.
Pay your debts promptly.
Question not the verity of a friend.
Respect the desires of your parents.
Sacrifice money rather than principle.
Touch not, taste not, handle not intoxicating drinks.
Use your leisure for improvement.
Venture not upon the threshold of wrong.
Watch carefully over your passions.
Xtend to everyone a kindly greeting.
Yield not to discouragement.
Zealously labor for the right, and success is certain. [ Ladies Home Journal ]

Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side. [ Lowell ]

Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially. [ Socrates ]

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend. [ Bias ]

It is better to decide a difference between our enemies than our friends; for one of our friends will most likely become our enemy; but on the other hand, one of our enemies will probably become our friend. [ Bias ]

The great moments of life are but moments like others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes, a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips, though they cannot speak. [ Thackeray ]

The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes, a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips though they cannot speak. [ Thackeray ]

We enter our studies, and enjoy a society which we alone can bring together. We raise no jealousy by conversing with one in preference to another; we give no offence to the most illustrious by questioning him as long as we will, and leaving him as abruptly. Diversity of opinion raises no tumult in our presence: each interlocutor stands before us, speaks or is silent, and we adjourn or decide the business at our leisure. [ Landor ]

decide in Scrabble®

The word decide is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters decide:

DECIDE
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DEICED
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word decide

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In decide

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decide in Words With Friends™

The word decide is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters decide:

DECIDE
(69)
DEICED
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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word decide

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In decide

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DEICED
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(57)
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Words within the letters of decide

2 letter words in decide (1 word)

3 letter words in decide (6 words)

4 letter words in decide (6 words)

5 letter words in decide (3 words)

6 letter words in decide (Anagrams) (2 words)

decide + 1 blank (6 words)

Words containing the sequence decide

Words that start with decide (7 words)

Words that end with decide (3 words)

Word Growth involving decide

Shorter words in decide

id ide

Longer words containing decide

decided decidedly undecidedly

decided decidedness undecidedness

decided redecided predecided

decided undecided undecidedly

decided undecided undecidedness

decided undecided undecideds

decider deciders

decides redecides predecides

redecide predecide predecided

redecide predecide predecides

redecide redecided predecided

redecide redecides predecides