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- From Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).
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2024年1月27日 · decision (n.)mid-15c., decisioun, "act of deciding," from Old French décision (14c.), from Latin decisionem (nominative decisio) "a decision, settlement, agreement," noun of action from past-participle stem of decidere "to decide, determine," literally "to cut offde
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The earliest known use of the noun decision is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for decision is from before 1425, in the writing of H. Daniel.
2018年7月15日 · decided (adj.) "resolute, free from hesitation or wavering," 1790, past-participle adjective from decide. A decided victory is one the reality of which is not in doubt; a decisive one goes far toward settling some issue. Meaning "free from ambiguity or uncertainty" also is from 1790. Related: Decidedly.
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Etymology
From Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /dɪˈsɪʒən/, [dɪˈsɪʒn̩] 2. Rhymes: -ɪʒən
Noun
decision (countable and uncountable, plural decisions) 1. The act of deciding. 2. A choice or judgement. 2.1. It is the decisionof the court that movies are protected as free speech. 2.2. It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla. 2.1. 2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10: 2.1.1. The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decisionthat scientists and civil r...
Etymology
From Latin, see above.
Noun
decision f (plural decisions) 1. decision
Etymology
From Latin dēcīsiō.
Noun
decision f (plural decisions) 1. decision
The earliest known use of the verb decision is in the 1870s. OED's earliest evidence for decision is from 1877, in the writing of M. K. Dallas. It is also recorded as a noun from the Middle English period (1150—1500).
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English word decision comes from Latin caedo, Latin ex, e (A name of the letter X. (+ ablative) out of, from.), Latin cado.
