deciding

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ

Noun

deciding (usually uncountable, plural decidings)

1. The act of making a decision.
   • 2005, Walter Wangerin Jr., Jesus: A Novel, Grand Rapids, M.I.: Zondervan, →ISBN, page 372:

     She saw to my meals; but the what and the when and the how of our eating was always controlled by her own decidings.

   • 2007 November 30, Dahlia Lithwick, “Open Books”, in Slate‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 October 2023:

     By keeping the court's public work mystified and secret, the justices, like [Clarence] Thomas, denigrate how important the actual deciding of cases is to the American people.

Adjective

deciding (comparative more deciding, superlative most deciding)

1. Resulting, having resulted, or having the potential to result in a decision or conclusion.

   The cost turned out to be the deciding factor in our final choice.

   • 1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries:

     Do you know what was the deciding thing made me marry Mark Bycourt in the end? Yes: Cyril. I'm fond of boys, Mr Carrados, and I want them to have their chance in life.

   • 2018 June 4, Adam Liptak, “In Narrow Decision, Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 September 2023:

     Justice [Anthony] Kennedy often casts the deciding vote in closely divided cases on major social issues.

Translations

resulting, having resulted, or having the potential to result in a decision or conclusion

• Hungarian: döntő (hu)
• Polish: decydujący (pl)

Verb

deciding

1. present participle and gerund of decide