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{ "term": "decide", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "decide", "heSheIt": "decides" }, "pastSimple": "decided", "pastParticiple": "decided", "ingForm": "deciding" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to think carefully about the different possibilities that are available and choose one of them", "sensetop": "decide to do somethingdecide (that)…decide what, whether, etc…decide between A and Bdecide against somethingdecide against doing somethingdecide somethingit is decided (that)…", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "It's up to you to decide." }, { "text": "You will **have to decide** soon." }, { "text": "I can't tell you what to do—you'll have to decide for yourself." }, { "text": "We've decided not to go away after all.", "contextForm": "decide to do something" }, { "text": "Why did you decide to look for a new job?" }, { "text": "She gave up politics and decided instead to focus on charity work." }, { "text": "The government has **already decided** that the law needs to be changed.", "contextForm": "decide (that)…" }, { "text": "She decided that she wanted to live in France." }, { "text": "You have the right to decide what you want to do.", "contextForm": "decide what, whether, etc…" }, { "text": "I can't decide what to wear." }, { "text": "She couldn’t decide whether he was telling the truth or not." }, { "text": "It was difficult to decide between the two candidates.", "contextForm": "decide between A and B" }, { "text": "She **finally decided** against a career in medicine.", "contextForm": "decide against something" }, { "text": "They decided against taking legal action.", "contextForm": "decide against doing something" }, { "text": "Sales figures will **ultimately decide** the future of these types of games.", "contextForm": "decide something" }, { "text": "We might be hiring more people but nothing has been decided yet." }, { "text": "The venue for the concert **has yet to be decided**." }, { "text": "It was decided that the school should purchase new software.", "contextForm": "it is decided (that)…" }, { "text": "You choose—I can't decide." }, { "text": "It's time to decide whether you want to continue." }, { "text": "We've reluctantly decided to sell the house." }, { "text": "They had unanimously decided to go with the captain's plan." }, { "text": "The exact time of the meeting is still to be decided." }, { "text": "They decided in favour of reducing the fees." } ], "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["eventually", "finally", "ultimately"], "verb + decide": ["be able to", "be unable to", "cannot"], "preposition": ["against", "between", "in favour/favor of"], "phrases": [ "decide for yourself", "the task of deciding something", "to be decided" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to make an official or legal judgement", "sensetop": "decide somethingdecide for/in favour of somebodydecide in somebody’s favourdecide against somebodydecide on something", "labels": "(law)", "examples": [ { "text": "The case will be decided by a jury.", "contextForm": "decide something" }, { "text": "The Appeal Court decided in their favour.", "contextForm": "decide for/in favour of somebodydecide in somebody’s favour" }, { "text": "It is always possible that the judge may decide against you.", "contextForm": "decide against somebody" }, { "text": "He challenged her right as governor to decide on the matter.", "contextForm": "decide on something" } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["eventually", "finally", "ultimately"], "verb + decide": ["be able to", "be unable to", "cannot"], "preposition": ["against", "between", "in favour/favor of"], "phrases": [ "decide for yourself", "the task of deciding something", "to be decided" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to affect the result of something", "sensetop": "decide somethingdecide if, whether, etc…", "examples": [ { "text": "A mixture of skill and good luck decided the outcome of the game.", "contextForm": "decide something" }, { "text": "A number of factors decide whether a movie will be successful or not.", "contextForm": "decide if, whether, etc…" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to be the reason why somebody does something", "sensetop": "decide somebody (to do something)decide something (for somebody)", "examples": [ { "text": "For most customers, price is **the deciding factor**." }, { "text": "They offered me free accommodation for a year, and that decided me.", "contextForm": "decide somebody (to do something)" }, { "text": "That decided it for me: I wasn't carrying my bike back up those stairs.", "contextForm": "decide something (for somebody)" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪd/", "audio": "de/decide/decide__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪdz/", "audio": "de/decide/decides__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪdɪd/", "audio": "de/decide/decided__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪdɪŋ/", "audio": "de/decide/deciding__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪd/", "audio": "de/decide/decide__us_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪdz/", "audio": "de/decide/decides__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪdɪd/", "audio": "de/decide/decided__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪdɪŋ/", "audio": "de/decide/deciding__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘bring to a settlement’): from French décider, from Latin decidere ‘determine’, from de- ‘off’ + caedere ‘cut’." }