decider
See also: décider
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /dɪˈsaɪdə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ)
Etymology
Noun
decider (plural deciders)
- (of a controversy, question, etc) A person, divinity, or authoritative text which decides.
- 1667, anon., "George Fox digg'd out of his burrowes, or An offer of disputation on fourteen proposalls...". John Foster, Boston, pp. 89-90:
- This written and revealed will of God I said was the Judge and Decider of all Questions.
- 1758, Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer, The grants, concessions, and original constitutions of the province of New-Jersey, Philadelphia, p. 680:
- The Determination of his Majesty, who is the only proper decider of this Matter.
- 1885, Friedrich Delitzsch, "General Notes: The Religion of the Kassites," Hebraica, vol 1 no 3 (Jan), p. 190:
- The god Adar, which, with its two oft-occurring idiographs Bar and Nin-ib, is preferably designated as the "Decider" (Entschneider).
- 1967, David P. Gauthier, "How Decisions are Caused," The Journal of Philosophy, vol 64 no 5, 15 Mar, p. 151:
- Although the decider may know any of the principles in the sequence, he cannot know every such principle.
- 2006 April 18, George W. Bush, White House press conference, Washington, DC:
- "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best."
- 1667, anon., "George Fox digg'd out of his burrowes, or An offer of disputation on fourteen proposalls...". John Foster, Boston, pp. 89-90:
- (chiefly British, Australia, sports) An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.
- 2007 Feb 22 (action), Liverpool show of unity recalls old magic Guardian Sport:
- . . . when the Welshman laid on the 74th-minute decider.
- 2007 Feb. 10 (event), France aim to end four years of regret with seven-week sacrifice, Guardian Sport:
- France will meet Ireland again in the probable decider for their World Cup pool.
- 2007 Feb 22 (action), Liverpool show of unity recalls old magic Guardian Sport:
- (computing) A Turing machine that halts regardless of its input.
Synonyms
References
- “decider”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Pronunciation
Verb
decider
- to decide
Conjugation
Present: | decide |
Past: | decideva |
Future: | decidera |
Conditional: | deciderea |
Present participle: | decidente |
Past participle: | decidite |
Imperative: | decide |
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