What does Deciding mean?

Definitions for Deciding
dɪˈsaɪ dɪŋde·cid·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. decision making, decidingadjective

    the cognitive process of reaching a decision

    "a good executive must be good at decision making"

  2. deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a)adjective

    having the power or quality of deciding

    "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"

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  1. deciding

    Deciding is the act of making a choice or coming to a resolution after careful thought and consideration of various options or possibilities. It involves analyzing the potential outcomes or consequences associated with each option and then selecting the one that appears most desirable or beneficial based on those evaluations. It is a cognitive process characterized by the selection of a belief or a course of action among several possibilities.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Deciding

    of Decide

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Deciding' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4669

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Deciding in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Deciding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Deciding in a Sentence

  1. Pat Leahy of Vermont:

    I need to see how Judge Gorsuch answers my written Qs, under oath, before deciding.

  2. Laura Kelly:

    I think my first thought was, 'For crying out loud, what century is this?' there was no suggestion that men needed any help deciding what to put on in the morning.

  3. Monika Bickert:

    I'm a strong proponent of chronological ranking, ordering by time, because I think we don't want computers deciding what we focus on.

  4. Julia Isaacs:

    We've been trying that way of doing things for some time, and it makes for huge variations across the states, we are discovering it results in less-than-ideal investments in children and much less than in European countries. So I think it's exciting to see that we are moving into the 21st century and deciding we need to invest in children at the federal level.

  5. Brett Kavanaugh:

    The Supreme Court must never be viewed as a partisan institution, the justices on the Supreme Court do not sit on opposite sides of an aisle. They do not caucus in separate rooms. If confirmed to the court, I would be part of a team of nine, committed to deciding cases according to the Constitution and laws of the United States.

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