decide, determine, settle, rule, resolve mean to come or cause to come to a conclusion. decide implies previous consideration of a matter causing doubt, wavering, debate, or controversy. determine.
If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- to conclude or ascertain, as after reasoning or observation. 3. to fix the position of. 4. to cause, affect, or control; fix or decide causally: Demand usually determines supply. 5. to give direction or tendency.
Derived forms: determines, determining, determined Type of: act, cause, cerebrate, choose, cogitate, conclude, define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, demonstrate, do, engender, establish, make, move,.
