decide
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Is decide a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of decide?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.Examples: "The election will be decided on foreign policies."; "It was decided to meet here at midnight."; "Her last-minute goal decided the game."ambitransitive
2. (intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.Examples: "You must decide between good and evil."; "I have decided that it is healthier to walk to work."; "So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it."intransitive
3. (transitive) To cause someone to come to a decision.Examples: "Your admonition decided me against my intended course of action."; "It decides me to look into the matter, for if it is worth anyone's while to take so much trouble, there must be something in it."transitive
4. (computing theory) Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input.Examples: "No Turing Machine can decide the halting problem."; "First, the hierarchy theorems tell us that a Turing machine can decide more languages in EXPSPACE than it can in PSPACE."
5. (obsolete) To cut off; to separate.Examples: "Our seat denies us traffic here; / The sea, too near, decides us from the rest."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary