决定 — meaning in English
jué dìng
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English meaning
- choose verb To pick one option from among two or more possibilities.
- conclude verb To bring something to an end; to finish.
- decide verb To make a choice or judgment after thinking something over.
- elect verb To choose someone for a position through a vote.
- referee noun The official who enforces the rules during a sports match.
Senses
决定 is used for these senses in English:
- call the shots (chiefly, US) To make the decisions; to be in charge; to give orders.
- choose To decide to act in a certain way.
- conclude (transitive) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
- decide (ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
- elect (transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something)
- fly by the seat of one's pants (idiomatic, by extension) To use one's judgment, initiative, and perceptions as events unfold in order to improvise a course of action without a predetermined plan or without the desirable data inputs to decision making.
- make up one's mind (idiomatic) To decide; to reach a conclusion.
- referee To act as a referee.
choose — full definition
- verb To pick one option from among two or more possibilities.
- verb To decide or prefer to act in a particular way.
conclude — full definition
- verb To bring something to an end; to finish.
- verb To decide something after considering the evidence; to reach a judgment.