decide
Usage
What are other ways to say decide?
To decide is to make up one's mind as to what shall be done and the way to do it: He decided to go today. To determine is to arrive at a conclusion after reasoning or observation: He determined that there was no available path to victory. To resolve is to show firmness of purpose: He resolved to ask for a promotion.
Example Sentences
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I decided early on that I don’t like to travel economically.
How much of this success by B.P.J. owes to some biological edge, and who is supposed to decide?
But I decide I want a little more variety, which is when I pull back and look at the rest of the kitchen.
From Salon
Earlier this week Denmark's Nato allies - major European countries as well as Canada - have rallied to its support with statements reaffirming that "only Denmark and Greenland can decide on matters concerning their relations".
From BBC
But when all 82 units burned to the ground last year in the Palisades fire, the two communities had to decide whether and how to rebuild—and the similarities stopped.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
