English [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] make up one's mind third-person singular simple present makes up one's mind present participle making up one's mind simple past and past participle made up one's mind
( idiomatic ) decide ; to reach a conclusion .
I can't make up my mind whether to have ice cream or cake.
1909 Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter II, in The Squire’s Daughter , New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company , published 1919 , →OCLC "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."
Translations [ edit ] to decide, to reach a conclusion
Arabic: وَطَّنَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى (ar) ( waṭṭana nafsahu ʕalā ) , عَزَمَ ( ʕazama ) , قَرَّرَ ( qarrara ) , صَمَّمَ ( ṣammama )
Belarusian: раша́ць impf ( rašácʹ ) , рашы́ць pf ( rašýcʹ )
Bengali: ঠিক করা ( ṭhik kora )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 決定 ／ 决定 (zh) ( juédìng ) , 決心 ／ 决心 (zh) ( juéxīn )
Dutch: tot een besluit komen een keuze maken
Finnish: päättää (fi)
French: se décider (fr) , décider (fr)
German: sich entscheiden (de) , beschließen (de)
Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 ( andþagkjan )
Hebrew: הֶחְלִיט (he) ( hekhlít )
Hungarian: dönt (hu) , elszánja magát határoz (hu) , elhatározza magát
Italian: decidersi (it)
Japanese: 決心する (ja) ( けっしんする, kesshin suru ) , 決める (ja) ( きめる, kimeru ) , 決定する (ja) ( けっていする, kettei suru )
Korean: 결심하다 (ko) ( gyeolsimhada ) , 결정하다 (ko) ( gyeoljeonghada ) , 정하다 (ko) ( jeonghada )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bestemme seg (no)
Polish: decydować (pl) impf zdecydować (pl) pf
Portuguese: decidir-se escolher (pt) , chegar a uma conclusão (pt)
Russian: реша́ться (ru) impf ( rešátʹsja ) , реши́ться (ru) pf ( rešítʹsja ) , реша́ть (ru) impf ( rešátʹ ) , реши́ть (ru) pf ( rešítʹ )
Spanish: decidirse (es) , definirse (es)
Swedish: bestämma sig (sv)
Thai: ตัดสินใจ (th) ( dtàt-sǐn-jai )
Turkish: karar vermek (tr)
Ukrainian: вирі́шувати impf ( vyríšuvaty ) , ви́рішити pf ( výrišyty )
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