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decide
English
Etymology
From Middle English deciden, from Old French decider, from Latin d?c?dere, infinitive of d?c?d? (“cut off, decide”), from d? (“down from”) + caed? (“cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??sa?d/
Verb
decide (third-person singular simple present decides, present participle deciding, simple past and past participle decided)
- (transitive, intransitive) to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
- (intransitive) to make a judgment, especially after deliberation
- So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
- (transitive) to cause someone to come to a decision
- 1920, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Three Gables" (Norton edition, 2005, page 1537),
- It decides me to look into the matter, for if it is worth anyone's while to take so much trouble, there must be something in it.
- 1920, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Three Gables" (Norton edition, 2005, page 1537),
- (obsolete) to cut off; to separate
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State
- Our seat denies us traffic here; / The sea, too near, decides us from the rest.
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- make up one's mind
- choose
- determine
- pick
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- de-iced, deiced
Asturian
Verb
decide
- third-person singular present indicative of decidir
Esperanto
Etymology
From decidi +? -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de?t?side/
- Rhymes: -ide
Adverb
decide
- decisively
- decidedly
Interlingua
Verb
decide
- present of decider
- imperative of decider
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ide
Verb
decide
- third-person singular present indicative of decidere
Anagrams
- decedi
Latin
Verb
d?c?de
- second-person singular present active imperative of d?c?d?
Middle English
Verb
decide
- Alternative form of deciden
Portuguese
Verb
decide
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of decidir
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of decidir
Romanian
Etymology
From French décider, from Latin d?c?d?.
Verb
a decide (third-person singular present decide, past participle decis) 3rd conj.
- to decide
- Synonym: hot?rî
Conjugation
Related terms
- decizie
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /de??ide/, [d?e??i.ð?e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /de?side/, [d?e?si.ð?e]
Verb
decide
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of decidir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of decidir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of decidir.
decide From the web:
- what decided the election of 1800
- what decides the winner of a presidential election
- what decides the gender of a baby
- what decides the sex of a baby
- what decides when easter is
- what decides stock price
- what decides electoral votes
- what decides your blood type
infer
English
Etymology
From Latin infer?, from Latin in- (“in, at, on; into”) + Latin fer? (“bear, carry; suffer”) (cognate to Old English beran, whence English bear), from Proto-Italic *fer?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?éreti (“to bear, carry”), from the root *b?er-. Literally “carry forward”, equivalent to “bear in”, as in concluding from a premise.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?f?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?f??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
infer (third-person singular simple present infers, present participle inferring, simple past and past participle inferred)
- (transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. [from 16th c.]
- 2010, "Keep calm, but don't carry on", The Economist, 7 Oct 2010:
- It is dangerous to infer too much from martial bluster in British politics: at the first hint of trouble, channelling Churchill is a default tactic for beleaguered leaders of all sorts.
- 2010, "Keep calm, but don't carry on", The Economist, 7 Oct 2010:
- (transitive) To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.) [from 16th c.]
- a. 1535, Thomas More, letter to Fryth
- the fyrste parte is not the proofe of the second. but rather contrarywyse the seconde inferreth well y? fyrst.
- a. 1535, Thomas More, letter to Fryth
- (obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone. [16th-18th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.8:
- faire Serena […] fled fast away, afeard / Of villany to be to her inferd […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.8:
- (obsolete) To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in. [16th–18th c.]
Usage notes
There are two ways in which the word "infer" is sometimes used as if it meant "imply". "Implication" is done by a person when making a "statement", whereas "inference" is done to a proposition after it had already been made or assumed. Secondly, the word "infer" can sometimes be used to mean "allude" or "express" in a suggestive manner rather than as a direct "statement". Using the word "infer" in this sense is now generally considered incorrect. [1] [2]
Synonyms
- assume, conclude, deduce, educe, construe
Related terms
- inferable
- inference
- illative
- illation
- -ferous (-iferous)
Translations
Anagrams
- -frine, Finer, finer, frine
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?in.fer/, [???f?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?in.fer/, [?inf?r]
Verb
?nfer
- second-person singular present active imperative of ?nfer?
References
- infer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- infer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
infer From the web:
- what inference can be made about the cyclops
- what inference does the narrator make
- what inference about the 1920s is supported by this illustration
- what inference can be drawn from the graph
- what inference can be made from the passage
- what inference can be made about the narrator
- what can be inferred about the cyclops
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