decide
decide
(dɪsaɪd )Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense decides , present participle deciding , past tense, past participle decided
1. verb
If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
She decided to do a secretarial course. [VERB to-infinitive]
He has decided that he doesn't want to embarrass the movement and will therefore step down. [VERB that]
The house needed totally rebuilding, so we decided against buying it. [VERB + against]
I had a cold and couldn't decide whether to go to work or not. [VERB wh]
Think about it very carefully before you decide. [VERB]
[Also V + in favour of]2. verb
If a person or group of people decides something, they choose what something should be like or how a particular problem should be solved.
She was still young, he said, and that would be taken into account when deciding her sentence. [VERB noun]
This is an issue that should be decided by local and metropolitan government. [VERB noun]
3. verb
If an event or fact decides something, it makes it certain that a particular choice will be made or that there will be a particular result.
The goal that decided the match came just before the interval. [VERB noun]
The results will decide if he will win a place at a good university. [V if]
Luck is certainly one deciding factor. [VERB-ing]
4. verb
He decided Franklin must be suffering from a bad cold. [VERB that]
I couldn't decide whether he was incredibly brave or just insane. [VERB wh]
5. verb
If something decides you to do something, it is the reason that causes you to choose to do it.
The banning of his play decided him to write about censorship. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
I don't know what finally decided her, but she agreed. [VERB noun]
[Also V n that]Phrasal verbs:
热门单词
- attention-grabbing
- attentive
- attenuate
- attest
- attenuated
- at that
- at the best of times
- at the bottom of sth
- at the bottom of the heap
- at the controls
- at the crack of dawn
- at the discretion of someone
- at the double/on the double
- at the drop of a hat
- at the earliest
- at the end of the day
- at the expense of
- at the hands of
- at their own game
- at the latest
- at the mercy of someone
