decisionnoun
uk/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/us/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/decision noun (CHOICE)
B1 [ C ] a choice that you make about something after thinking about several possibilities:
She has had to make some very difficult decisions.
The company will reach/come to/make a decision shortly.
Let me have a/your decision (= tell me what you have decided) by next week.
[ + to infinitive ] It was his decision to leave.
The decision about/on whether he is innocent or guilty rests with the jury.
We need to take a lot of factors into account in our decision-making.
[ + that ] I accepted his decision that he wished to die with dignity.
More examples
- The government has come under fire for its decision to close the mines.
- The villagers are furious about the decision to close the railway station.
- We all argued about it for hours and eventually arrived at a decision.
- The decision has been made to move UN troops in to try and stop the fighting.
- He warned against making hasty decisions.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Decisions and deciding
- be make or break for sb/sth idiom
- be on the horns of a dilemma idiom
- clinch
- clincher
- come down on one side of the fence or the other idiom
- come to sth
- decider
- fight
- hammer sth out
- head
- it's a date idiom
- lot
- make or break sth idiom
- make up your mind idiom
- mind
- name
- name the day idiom
- plunge
- spin a coin idiom
- toss
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decision noun (DECIDING QUICKLY)
[ U ] approving the ability to decide quickly and without pausing because you are not certain:
She acted with decision, closing the bank account and calling the police.
Opposite
indecision
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Decisions and deciding
- be make or break for sb/sth idiom
- be on the horns of a dilemma idiom
- clinch
- clincher
- come down on one side of the fence or the other idiom
- come to sth
- decider
- fight
- hammer sth out
- head
- it's a date idiom
- lot
- make or break sth idiom
- make up your mind idiom
- mind
- name
- name the day idiom
- plunge
- spin a coin idiom
- toss
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