Definitions for decides

decides de·cide

Spelling: [dih-sahyd]
IPA: /dɪˈsaɪd/

Decides is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in decides (cddeeis).

Definitions for decides

verb (used with object)

  1. to solve or conclude (a question, controversy, or struggle) by giving victory to one side:
  2. to determine or settle (something in dispute or doubt):
  3. to bring (a person) to a decision; persuade or convince:

verb (used without object)

  1. to settle something in dispute or doubt:
  2. to make a judgment or determine a preference; come to a conclusion.

Origin of decides

1350-1400; Middle English deciden Middle French decider Latin dēcīdere literally, to cut off, equivalent to dē- de- + -cīdere (combining form of caedere to cut)

Examples for decides

Where the U.S. once depended on its own forces to determine who was military material, this time the Iraqis will decide.

Between 25 and 30, you’re trying to decide how much longer before you start growing a beard and calling yourself ‘Daddy.

I do not presume to decide whether all that is believed has the inward significancy.

But most women do the walk with their man, even if they later wise up and decide to leave him after all.

Still, I must tell you all about certain things before you decide.

I cannot decide which way to turn to reach Fifth Avenue again.

People always have to perceive the problems before them, including many unexpected nuances, and decide how to handle them.

To decide the question, I read two books; one agrees with you, and the other with Hardy.

Let me hear from your own lips the words that must decide my destiny.

Washington cannot let others—whether in Pyongyang or Beijing or Moscow, or Tehran—decide what Americans read or watch.

Word Value for decides
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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