deciding

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deciding

  • /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aɪdɪŋ

noun decidings

  1. uncountable, usually The act of making a decision. She saw to my meals; but the what and the when and the how of our eating was always controlled by her own decidings.

adjective more deciding · most deciding

  1. Resulting, having resulted, or having the potential to result in a decision or conclusion. The cost turned out to be the deciding factor in our final choice.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of decide

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: crucial, decision making, decisive, determinant, determinative, determining, acting, adjudicating, agree, agreeing, ascertain, ascertaining, assess, assessing, casting, choice

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adj resulting, having resulted, or having the potential to result in a decision or conclusion

Españoldecidiente, decididor
हिन्दीनिर्णायक nirṇāyak

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@misc{deciding_2026,
  title = {deciding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deciding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}