decision

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /dɪˈsɪʒən/

Noun

decision

1. The act of deciding.
2. A choice or judgement.

   It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.

   It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.

3. (uncountable) Firmness of conviction.

   After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.

4. (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.

   He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.

5. (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

Related terms

• decide
• decisive

Translations

• French: décision
• German: Entscheidung, Beschluss
• Italian: decisione
• Portuguese: decisão
• Russian: реше́ние
• Spanish: decisión

Translations

• Portuguese: decisão
• Russian: реши́тельность

Translations

• Portuguese: decisão, julgamento, veredito, sentença

Verb

decision (decisions, present participle decisioning; past and past participle decisioned)

1. (boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout

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