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to decide
01
to think carefully about different things and choose one of them
Transitive: to decide to do sth | to decide on sth
Intransitive: to decide between different options
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
action verb
regular
present tense
decide
3rd person singular
decides
present participle
deciding
past simple
decided
past participle
decided
Examples
He had to decide whether to accept the job offer.
02
to make a legal or official judgment concerning a matter or legal case
Intransitive: to decide in favor of sb | to decide on sth
Transitive: to decide a matter
Examples
The judge decided in favor of the plaintiff, awarding them compensation.
2.1
to be the primary reason as to why someone does something
Ditransitive: to decide sb to do sth
Transitive: to decide sb/sth
Examples
Her love for adventure decided her to climb the mountain.
2.2
to have an effect on the result of a particular thing
Transitive: to decide an outcome
Examples
Her performance in the last game will decide the outcome of the tournament.
Lexical Tree
decided
deciding
deciding
decide
