décider — meaning in English

English meaning

• choose verb To pick one option from among two or more possibilities.
• decide verb To make a choice or judgment after thinking something over.
• elect verb To choose someone for a position through a vote.

Senses

décider 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.
• 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.

choose — full definition

1. verb To pick one option from among two or more possibilities.
2. verb To decide or prefer to act in a particular way.

decide — full definition

1. verb To make a choice or judgment after thinking something over.
2. verb To settle or determine the outcome of something, such as a dispute or contest.

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