nnoun.cognitionthe cognitive process of reaching a decisionSynset:decision making
Examples:- a good executive must be good at decision making
Derivationally Related Form:decidedeciding
Hypernyms:higher cognitive process
Inherited Hypernyms:decision makinghigher cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:alternativechange of mindchoiceclosureculldeterminationeclectic methodeclecticismflip-flopgroupthinkjudgementjudgingjudgmentofficiatingofficiationoptionpickrefereeingrejectresolutionreversalselectionsettlementturnaboutturnaroundumpirage
Full Hyponyms:choiceculldefault optiondeterminationeclecticismfavoritegroupthinkhobson's choiceimpossibilityimpossiblejudgmentobverseoptionpleasurepossibilitypossiblepreferenceprejudgmentreconsiderationreversalsettlementsoft optionumpiragewaywish
vverb.cognitionreach, make, or come to a decision about somethingSynset:decide determine make up one's mind
Examples:- We finally decided after lengthy deliberations
Derivationally Related Form:decisivedeterminationdecisiondeterminantdeciding
Inherited Hypernyms:decide
Direct Hyponyms:adjudicatechoosedecreegovernjudgemeasuremeasure outmensurateorderorientorientatepick outpurposeregulariseregularizeregulateresolverulesealselecttaketrywill
Entailment:debate deliberate
Full Troponyms:adhereadoptanointassignballotcalibratecaliperchooseco-optcourt-martialcream offcull outdedicatedefinedetaildialdrawelectempanelexcerptfieldgaugeguidehand-pickjudgemeasurenamenominateorientoutvoteoverrulepickplumppollpurposequantifyredefinereelectregulatereorientateresetrulerule outscreensealshootsievesieve outsingle outspecifystandardizethink oftriangulateturn thumbs downvotevote inwillwrite inzone
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE (apply to: determine, decide) | Somebody ---s whether INFINITIVE (apply to: determine, decide) | Somebody ---s (apply to: decide, make up one's mind) | They --- to move (apply to: determine, decide)
vverb.cognitionbring to an end; settle conclusivelySynset:adjudicate decide resolve settle
Examples:- The case was decided
- The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff
- The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance
Derivationally Related Form:decisivejudgesettlementadjudicatoryadjudicativeresolvesettlerdeciding
Hypernyms:end terminate
Inherited Hypernyms:decideendchange
Direct Hyponyms:adjustjudge
Full Troponyms:adjustjudgereferee
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.cognitioncause to decideExamples:- This new development finally decided me!
Hypernyms:cause get have induce make stimulate
Inherited Hypernyms:decideinduce
Causes:decide determine make up one's mind
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
vverb.cognitioninfluence or determineExamples:- The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election
Derivationally Related Form:decisive
Hypernyms:determine influence mold regulate shape
Inherited Hypernyms:decidedeterminecausemake
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
adj satadj.allhaving the power or quality of decidingSynset:determinant determinative determining
Examples:- the crucial experiment
- cast the deciding vote
- the determinative (or determinant) battle
Antonyms:indecisive
Derivationally Related Form:determinedeterminativedeterminantdeciding
Inherited Hypernyms:deciding
Similar to:decisive