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NOUN | 1 | decision, determination, conclusion | A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration |
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2 | decision, determination, conclusion | The act of making up your mind about something | |
3 | decision | (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred | |
4 | decision | The outcome of a game or contest | |
5 | decision, decisiveness | The trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose |
Sounds | dihsih'zhahn |
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Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration. |
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Examples | "a decision unfavorable to the opposition" |
Synonyms | determination, conclusion |
Narrower | predeterminaation |
Broader | judgment, judgement, mind |
Meaning | The act of making up your mind about something. |
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Examples | "the burden of decision was his" |
Synonyms | determination, conclusion |
Narrower | appointment, assignment, designation, naming; call; move; casting lots, drawing lots, sortition; resolution |
Broader | choice, selection, option, pick |
Verbs | decide |
Meaning | (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred. |
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Examples | "had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent" |
Category | boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs |
Narrower | split decision |
Broader | result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination |
Meaning | The outcome of a game or contest. |
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Examples | "the team dropped three decisions in a row" |
Broader | result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination |
Meaning | The trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose. |
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Synonyms | decisiveness |
Broader | resoluteness, firmness, resolve, resolution |
Contrary | indecisiveness, indecision |