Definition of "decide" in English

verb

1. (ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.

   • The election will be decided on foreign policies.
   • It was decided to meet here at midnight.
   • Her last-minute goal decided the game.

2. (intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.

   • You must decide between good and evil.
   • I have decided that it is healthier to walk to work.

3. (transitive) To cause someone to come to a decision.

   • Your admonition decided me against my intended course of action.

4. (computing theory) Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input.

   • No Turing Machine can decide the halting problem.

5. (obsolete) To cut off; to separate.