different between decider vs decide

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??sa?d?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?d?(?)

Etymology

decide +? -er

Noun

decider (plural deciders)

1. (of a controversy, question, etc) A person, divinity, or authoritative text which decides.
   • 1667, anon., "George Fox digg'd out of his burrowes, or An offer of disputation on fourteen proposalls...". John Foster, Boston, pp. 89-90:

     This written and revealed will of God I said was the Judge and Decider of all Questions.

   • 1758, Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer, The grants, concessions, and original constitutions of the province of New-Jersey, Philadelphia, p. 680:

     The Determination of his Majesty, who is the only proper decider of this Matter.

   • 1885, Friedrich Delitzsch, "General Notes: The Religion of the Kassites," Hebraica, vol 1 no 3 (Jan), p. 190:

     The god Adar, which, with its two oft-occurring idiographs Bar and Nin-ib, is preferably designated as the "Decider" (Entschneider).

   • 1967, David P. Gauthier, "How Decisions are Caused," The Journal of Philosophy, vol 64 no 5, 15 Mar, p. 151:

     Although the decider may know any of the principles in the sequence, he cannot know every such principle.

   • 2006 April 18, George W. Bush, White House press conference, Washington, DC:

     "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best."

2. (chiefly Britain, Australia, sports) An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.
   • 2007 Feb 22 (action), Liverpool show of unity recalls old magic Guardian Sport:

     . . . when the Welshman laid on the 74th-minute decider.

   • 2007 Feb. 10 (event), France aim to end four years of regret with seven-week sacrifice, Guardian Sport:

     France will meet Ireland again in the probable decider for their World Cup pool.

3. (computing) A Turing machine that halts regardless of its input.

Synonyms

• decisor
• decisionmaker

References

• decider at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• cidered, decried

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.tsi?der/

Verb

decider

1. to decide

Conjugation

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)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
2. (intransitive) to make a judgment, especially after deliberation

   • So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

3. (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.

4. (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.

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

1. third-person singular present indicative of decidir

Esperanto

Etymology

From decidi +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?t?side/
• Rhymes: -ide

Adverb

decide

1. decisively
2. decidedly

Interlingua

Verb

decide

1. present of decider
2. imperative of decider

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ide

Verb

decide

1. third-person singular present indicative of decidere

Anagrams

• decedi

Latin

Verb

d?c?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of d?c?d?

Middle English

Verb

decide

1. Alternative form of deciden

Portuguese

Verb

decide

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of decidir
2. 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.

1. 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

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of decidir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of decidir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of decidir.