Decision Definition

dĭ-sĭzhən
decisions
noun
decisions
The act of deciding or settling a dispute or question by giving a judgment.
Webster's New World
The act of making up one's mind.
Webster's New World
A judgment or conclusion reached or given.
Webster's New World
Determination; firmness of mind.
A man of decision.
Webster's New World
A victory on points instead of by a knockout.
Webster's New World
verb
To defeat by a decision, as in boxing.
Decisioned his opponent in the third round.
American Heritage

(boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout.

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Other Word Forms of Decision

Noun

Singular:
decision
Plural:
decisions

Origin of Decision

  • Middle English decisioun from Old French decision from Latin dēcīsiō dēcīsiōn- curtailment, settlement from dēcīsus past participle of dēcīdere to cut off, decide decide

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French, from Latin decisio, decisionis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).

    From Wiktionary

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