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decided en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /diˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/ weak vowel distinction
  • (US) audio
  • /dɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/ weak vowel distinction
  • /dəˈsaɪ.dəd/ weak vowel merger

Meanings

  1. Determined; resolute.
    • A woman of decided opinions
  2. Clear; unmistakable, definite, unquestionable.
    • There was a decided ugliness to the patch of waste ground.
    • It was a decided victory.
    • The visual indicators are a decided improvement, and have reduced the telephoning by the staff in the signalbox. 1954 November, “Train Arrival Indicators at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 738:

Forms

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more decided Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most decided Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

undecided

Deriveds

decidedness · decidedly · underdecided · predecided

Translations (4)

bg решителен (determined) · fr décidé (determined) · de entschieden (determined) · es decidido (determined)

decided en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /diˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/ weak vowel distinction
  • (US) audio
  • /dɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/ weak vowel distinction
  • /dəˈsaɪ.dəd/ weak vowel merger

Meanings

  1. A voter etc. who has reached their decision.
    • […] but that is a highly flawed procedure if the undecideds differ in major ways from the decideds. 2016, Herb Asher, Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen Should Know:

Forms

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decideds Number=Plur lexicographic

decided en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /diˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/ weak vowel distinction
  • (US) audio
  • /dɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/ weak vowel distinction
  • /dəˈsaɪ.dəd/ weak vowel merger

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of decide
    form of decide