different between decide vs terminate
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
terminate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin termin?tus, past participle of termin? (“I set bounds to, bound, limit, end, close, terminate”), from terminus (“a bound, limit, end”); see term, terminus. Doublet of termine.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t?m?ne?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??m?ne?t/
- Hyphenation: ter?mi?nate
Verb
terminate (third-person singular simple present terminates, present participle terminating, simple past and past participle terminated)
- (transitive or intransitive) To end, especially in an incomplete state.
- 1857, John Scandrett Harford, The Life of Michael Angelo Buonarroti
- During this interval of calm and prosperity, he terminated two figures of slaves, destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of art.
- 1857, John Scandrett Harford, The Life of Michael Angelo Buonarroti
- (transitive or intransitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
- Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
Synonyms
- (to end incompletely): discontinue, stop, break off
- (to kill): See also Thesaurus:kill
- (to end the employment contract): axe, fire, sack; see also Thesaurus:lay off
Antonyms
- (to end incompletely): continue
Related terms
Translations
See also
- abort
Further reading
- terminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- terminate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “terminate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Adjective
terminate (comparative more terminate, superlative most terminate)
- Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
- Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
- (mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “terminate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- Marinette, antimeter, intermate, tetramine, tretamine
Italian
Verb
terminate
- second-person plural present indicative of terminare
- second-person plural present subjunctive of terminare
- second-person plural imperative of terminare
Verb
terminate f pl
- feminine plural of terminato
Anagrams
- attenermi
- meritante
Latin
Verb
termin?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of termin?
References
- terminate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
terminate From the web:
- what terminates transcription
- what terminates a listing agreement
- what terminated means
- what terminates an easement
- what terminates translation
- what terminates an agency relationship
- what terminates a coaxial cable
- what terminates in alveoli
you may also like
- decide vs terminate
- terrific vs baleful
- swinish vs terrible
- overturn vs overwhelm
- disposition vs regulation
- active vs clever
- fearless vs stout-hearted
- allowance vs boon
- attack vs mandate
- declare vs voice
- disengage vs disjoin
- analysis vs boldness
- consequence vs consideration
- machine vs artifice
- lodger vs villager
- traipse vs sail
- affluent vs costly
- bulge vs mound
- tainted vs improper
- conviction vs think