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decides

VERB

make a determination; settle an issue

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agree choose conclude determine elect end establish resolve rule select set vote

STRONG

adjudge adjudicate award cinch clinch conjecture decree figure gather guess judge mediate opt pick poll purpose surmise tap will

WEAK

arrive at conclusion call shots cast the die come to agreement come to conclusion come to decision commit oneself draw a conclusion fix upon form opinion go down line have final word make a decision make up mind reach decision take a stand

Antonyms

STRONGEST

begin commence refuse start unsettle waver

STRONG

grow plant

WEAK

defer delay hesitate postpone procrastinate put off wait

Example Sentences

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“I think that what happens here is being watched and copied,” Mitch Emerson, executive director of Florida Decides Healthcare, said in an interview.

From Salon • May 30, 2025

Patrick Stewart is a political science professor at the University of Arkansas who wrote a book titled “The Audience Decides: Applause-Cheering, Laughter, and Booing during Debates in the Trump Era.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2024

I asked Martin London, Agnew’s former defense attorney and author of the book The Client Decides: A Litigator’s Life, what he thought.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2023

Florida Decides Healthcare, a leading champion of a ballot initiative on Medicaid expansion, is eyeing the 2026 cycle for putting the question to voters.

From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2023

Decides he must be close to ocean and elects to try and work way through swamp to sea.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer