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1 VERB If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities. □ [V to-inf] She decided to do a secretarial course. □ [V that] He has decided that he doesn't want to embarrass the movement and will therefore step down. □ [V + against ] The house needed totally rebuilding, so we decided against buying it. □ [V wh] I had a cold and couldn't decide whether to go to work or not. □ [V ] Think about it very carefully before you decide. [Also V + in favour of ]

2 VERB If a person or group of people decides something, they choose what something should be like or how a particular problem should be solved. □ [V n] She was still young, he said, and that would be taken into account when deciding her sentence.

3 VERB If an event or fact decides something, it makes it certain that a particular choice will be made or that there will be a particular result. □ [V n] The goal that decided the match came just before the interval. □ [V if] The results will decide if he will win a place at a good university. □ [V -ing] Luck is certainly one deciding factor.

4 VERB If you decide that something is true, you form that opinion about it after considering the facts. □ [V that] He decided Franklin must be suffering from a bad cold. □ [V wh] I couldn't decide whether he was incredibly brave or just insane.

5 VERB If something decides you to do something, it is the reason that causes you to choose to do it. □ [V n to-inf] The banning of his play decided him to write about censorship. □ [V n] I don't know what finally decided her, but she agreed. [Also V n that]

▸  decide on PHRASAL VERB If you decide on something or decide upon something, you choose it from two or more possibilities. □ [V P n] After leaving university, Therese decided on a career in publishing.

de|cid|ed /d I sa I d I d/ ADJ [ADJ n] Decided means clear and definite. □  Her ignorance of the area put her at a decided disadvantage.

de|cid|ed|ly /d I sa I d I dli/ ADV Decidedly means to a great extent and in a way that is very obvious. □  Sometimes he is decidedly uncomfortable at what he sees on the screen.

de|cid|er /d I sa I də ^r / (deciders )

1 N‑COUNT In sport, a decider is one of the games in a series, which establishes which player or team wins the series. [BRIT , JOURNALISM ] □  He won the decider which completed England's 3–2 victory over Austria.

2 N‑COUNT In games such as football and hockey, the decider is the last goal to be scored in a match that is won by a difference of only one goal. [BRIT , JOURNALISM ] □  McGrath scored the decider in Villa's 2–1 home win over Forest.

de|cidu|ous /d I s I dʒuəs/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A deciduous tree or bush is one that loses its leaves in the autumn every year.

deci|mal /de s I m ^ə l/ (decimals )

1 ADJ [ADJ n] A decimal system involves counting in units of ten. □  …the decimal system of metric weights and measures.

2 N‑COUNT A decimal is a fraction that is written in the form of a dot followed by one or more numbers which represent tenths, hundredths, and so on: for example .5, .51, .517. □  …simple math concepts, such as decimals and fractions.

de ci|mal poi nt (decimal points ) N‑COUNT A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.

deci|mate /de s I me I t/ (decimates , decimating , decimated )