Deciding can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| deciding - having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" | ||
Verb |
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| decide - reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" | ||
| decide - bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" | ||
| decide - cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!" | ||
| decide - influence or determine; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election" |
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| 1. | adj. | Cast the deciding vote. | |
| 2. | adj. | Why are you always the one deciding everything for us? | |
| 3. | adj. | Tom chose not to cast a deciding vote. | |
| 4. | adj. | The Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros 6-2 Wednesday in the deciding seventh game of the World Series to claim their first Major League Baseball championship in franchise history. | |
| 5. | adj. | The deciding moment of the game was in the last quarter. | |
| 6. | verb | The most difficult thing might be deciding which path means the most to you, and where to put your focus. | |
| 7. | verb | We loved most of the locations that both of the ships visited and don't believe that this should be a distinguishing factor on deciding between the cruise lines. | |
| 8. | verb | The discrepancy between the stories of the two parties involved in the accident was so great that the authorities had a hard time deciding which side was telling the truth. | |
| 9. | verb | I had a hand in the family deciding to move to New York. | |
| 10. | verb | You should be prudent in deciding which way to go. | |
| 11. | verb | We went over the house before deciding whether to buy it. | |
| 12. | verb | The doctor thinks carefully before deciding what medicine to give. | |
| 13. | verb | Before deciding, I would like to consult with my family. | |
| 14. | verb | I cannot help deciding so. | |
| 15. | verb | Before deciding to buy it, I tried on the jacket to see if it would fit. | |
| 16. | verb | He went over the house before deciding whether to buy it. | |
| 17. | verb | For any type of organisation, internal harmony and unity are important factors in deciding its success or failure. | |
| 18. | verb | We're finding it difficult deciding on which one to buy. | |
| 19. | verb | I had trouble deciding which brand of dog food to feed my dog. | |
| 20. | verb | What criteria do you use in deciding who to vote for? |
| Sentence | |
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| adj. | |
| Cast the deciding vote. |
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| Why are you always the one deciding everything for us? | |
| Tom chose not to cast a deciding vote. | |
| The Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros 6-2 Wednesday in the deciding seventh game of the World Series to claim their first Major League Baseball championship in franchise history. | |
| The deciding moment of the game was in the last quarter. | |
| verb | |
| The most difficult thing might be deciding which path means the most to you, and where to put your focus. |
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| We loved most of the locations that both of the ships visited and don't believe that this should be a distinguishing factor on deciding between the cruise lines. |
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| The discrepancy between the stories of the two parties involved in the accident was so great that the authorities had a hard time deciding which side was telling the truth. | |
| I had a hand in the family deciding to move to New York. | |
| You should be prudent in deciding which way to go. | |
| We went over the house before deciding whether to buy it. | |
| The doctor thinks carefully before deciding what medicine to give. | |
| Before deciding, I would like to consult with my family. | |
| I cannot help deciding so. | |
| Before deciding to buy it, I tried on the jacket to see if it would fit. | |
| He went over the house before deciding whether to buy it. | |
| For any type of organisation, internal harmony and unity are important factors in deciding its success or failure. | |
| We're finding it difficult deciding on which one to buy. | |
| I had trouble deciding which brand of dog food to feed my dog. | |
| What criteria do you use in deciding who to vote for? | |