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deciding

[ dih-sahy-ding ]

adjective

  1. that settles a question or dispute or leads to a final decision; determining; decisive:

    the deciding vote; The weather will be the deciding factor as to whether we have the picnic or not.



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Other Word Forms

  • ·iԲ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of deciding1

First recorded in 1650–60; decide + -ing 2
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump met again this month — from positions of power and comfort, deciding the fate of people they will never meet.

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My sense is that the biggest consideration when deciding whether to make a formal complaint is the fact that the person you are complaining about will be told you have done so.

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Existing statutory guidance, introduced by the previous government, requires schools to consider the cost of their uniform so that it is not a deciding factor for parents when choosing schools.

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But the officials had to review the play, eventually deciding that the basket was good.

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McVicar previously spent years training to be a teacher, before deciding to to pursue his passion for music.

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