Definitions for decision

decision de·ci·sion

Spelling: [dih-sizh-uh n]
IPA: /dɪˈsɪʒ ən/

Decision is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 254 anagrams from letters in decision (cdeiinos).

Definitions for decision

noun

  1. the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment:
  2. the act of or need for making up one's mind:
  3. something that is decided; resolution:
  4. a judgment, as one formally pronounced by a court:
  5. the quality of being decided; firmness:
  6. the final score in any sport or contest:
  7. Boxing. the awarding of a victory in a match not decided by a knockout or technical knockout, usually through a vote of the referee and judges.

verb (used with object)

  1. Boxing. to win a victory over (one's opponent) by a point score rather than a knockout.

Origin of decision

1425-75; late Middle English decisioun Middle French Latin dēcīsiōn- (stem of dēcīsiō) literally, a cutting off, equivalent to dēcīs(us) (past participle of dēcīdere; see Examples for decision

The alderman saw no reason to repent his decision, hastily as it had been made.

Who do you turn to now when you have a decision to make, when you have one less person to provide validation or advice?

The Supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.

He served the community well, but he clearly has to make a decision based on why he left.

It was because they had been out for three hours without reaching a decision.

All their calamities, except the plague, were the foreseen results of their own decision.

However, just a few years later, the decision swung back around with the quota being raised to 121 days.

The decision not to run the cartoons is motivated by nothing more than fear: either fear of offending or fear of retaliation.

You bet Mr. Arledge would 'a' got my decision right hot off the griddle.

There were two factors that chiefly influenced her decision.

Word Value for decision
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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