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make up one's mind en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To decide; to reach a conclusion.
   • By that time, Labour had made up its mind. 2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 41:
   • One day child, I won't have to listen to your lies / On that day, I'll be able to make up my own mind / You know, I think I done finally realized / And now I think I can put you out of my life 1974, Ohio Players, “I Want To Be Free”, in Fire:
   • I can't make up my mind whether to have ice cream or cake.
   • "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal." 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter II, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:

Forms

Relateds

change one's mind · have a mind of one's own

Synonyms

determine · judge · find · choose up · judge · posken · make a decision · work out · make a decision · make up one's mind · resolve · decide · take a decision

Translations (51)

ja 決心する (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · pl zdecydować (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · nb bestemme seg (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · tr karar vermek (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ru реша́ться (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · fi päättää (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · pt escolher (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ar اختار (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ja 決定する (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ja 決める (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ar حسم أمره (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · nl een keuze maken (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ar وَطَّنَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · cmn 決心 /决心 (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · fr se décider (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · uk вирі́шувати (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · pt chegar a uma conclusão (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ar صَمَّمَ (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ko 결정하다 (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ru реша́ть (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ko 정하다 (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ar عَزَمَ (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ko 결심하다 (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · de beschließen (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · hu határoz (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ga socraigh (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ar قَرَّرَ (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · bn ঠিক করা (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · sv bestämma sig (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ru реши́ться (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · hu elszánja magát (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · be рашы́ць (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · es tomar una decisión (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · es definirse (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · he הֶחְלִיט (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · be раша́ць (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · pl decydować (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · de sich entscheiden (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · pt decidir-se (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · nl tot een besluit komen (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · th ตัดสินใจ (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · hu dönt (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · cmn 決定 /决定 (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · fr décider (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · is ákveða sig (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · es decidirse (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · ru реши́ть (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · hu elhatározza magát (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · uk ви́рішити (to decide, to reach a conclusion) · it decidersi (to decide, to reach a conclusion)