decided

English

Pronunciation

• (weak vowel distinction) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/, /diˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/

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    • (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /dəˈsaɪ.dəd/
• Hyphenation: de‧ci‧ded

Verb

decided

1. simple past and past participle of decide

Adjective

decided (comparative more decided, superlative most decided)

1. Determined; resolute.

   A woman of decided opinions

2. Clear; unmistakable, definite, unquestionable.

   It was a decided victory.

   There was a decided ugliness to the patch of waste ground.

   • 1954 November, “Train Arrival Indicators at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 738:

     The visual indicators are a decided improvement, and have reduced the telephoning by the staff in the signalbox.

Antonyms

• undecided

Derived terms

• decidedly
• decidedness
• predecided
• underdecided

Translations

determined — see also determined,‎ resolute

• Bulgarian: решителен (bg) (rešitelen)
• French: décidé (fr)
• German: entschieden (de)
• Spanish: decidido (es)

Noun

decided (plural decideds)

1. A voter etc. who has reached their decision.
   • 2016, Herb Asher, Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen Should Know:

     […] but that is a highly flawed procedure if the undecideds differ in major ways from the decideds.