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When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance.
David Brin

Meaning of "deciding" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DECIDING

deciding  [dɪˈsaɪdɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECIDING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deciding is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DECIDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of deciding in the English dictionary

The definition of deciding in the dictionary is powerfully and finally influencing a decision; decisive.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECIDING


abiding
əˈbaɪdɪŋ
backsliding
ˈbækˌslaɪdɪŋ
confiding
kənˈfaɪdɪŋ
dividing
dɪˈvaɪdɪŋ
gliding
ˈɡlaɪdɪŋ
guiding
ˈɡaɪdɪŋ
hang-gliding
ˈhæŋɡlaɪdɪŋ
hiding
ˈhaɪdɪŋ
joyriding
ˈdʒɔɪˌraɪdɪŋ
niding
ˈnaɪdɪŋ
nitriding
ˈnaɪtraɪdɪŋ
nondividing
ˌnɒndɪˈvaɪdɪŋ
overriding
ˌəʊvəˈraɪdɪŋ
paragliding
ˈpærəˌɡlaɪdɪŋ
providing
prəˈvaɪdɪŋ
riding
ˈraɪdɪŋ
siding
ˈsaɪdɪŋ
sliding
ˈslaɪdɪŋ
surfriding
ˈsɜːfˌraɪdɪŋ
unabiding
ˌʌnəˈbaɪdɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECIDING

deciare
decibel
decidability
decidable
decide
decided
decidedly
decidedness
decider
decidua
deciduae
decidual
deciduate
deciduous
deciduously
deciduousness
decigram
decigramme
decile
deciliter

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECIDING

according
beam riding
biding
braiding
chiding
goods siding
horse riding
horseback riding
invaliding
law-abiding
manriding
metalliding
nightriding
North Riding
outriding
raiding
ram raiding
trick riding
upbraiding
voiding
West Riding

Synonyms and antonyms of deciding in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DECIDING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «deciding» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of deciding

Translation of «deciding» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECIDING

Find out the translation of deciding to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of deciding from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deciding» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

决定
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decidir
570 millions of speakers

English

deciding
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निर्णय लेने से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقرير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

принятии решения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decidir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মীমাংসাকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décider
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membuat keputusan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entscheidend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

決める
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

결정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Panentu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quyết định
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீர்மானிக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निर्णय घेणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decidere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

decydując
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ухваленні рішення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decide
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποφασίζοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

besluit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beslutar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bestemmer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of deciding

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECIDING»

The term «deciding» is very widely used and occupies the 12.413 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECIDING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about deciding

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10 QUOTES WITH «DECIDING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word deciding.
1
Patch Adams
Unlike a lot of people, I don't feel powerless. I know I can do something. But anyone can do something, it's not about being special. It's about deciding to do it - to dive into work for peace and justice and care for everybody on the planet.
2
Russell Baker
A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.
3
Michael Baumgartner
When you represent the state of Washington, we have a tradition of deciding social issues by vote. Washington State passed abortion rights before Roe v. Wade and affirmed it at the ballot box later.
4
Nina Bawden
I was cleaning out the pigsty at a farm in Wales, where my mother had rented a room, when the results of my final school exam were handed to me by the postman, along with the news that I had a state scholarship to Oxford. I had waited for this letter for so many weeks that I had abandoned hope, deciding that I had failed ignominiously.
5
Brian Michael Bendis
And I had worked at the comic-book store almost by accident, because I was deciding to make a living as an artist, be it as an art tutor or illustrator, and that's how I wanted to make my living.
6
Paul Berg
By that time I was hooked on a career in academic research instead of one in the pharmaceutical industry that I had originally considered in deciding to get a PhD.
7
Katherine Boo
There's some way in which we would prefer not to see very clearly the immense gifts and intelligence of some of the people who live in our most abject conditions. Maybe there are some things at work in deciding who gets to be society's winners and who gets to be society's losers that don't have to do with merit.
8
Barbara Boxer
Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
9
David Brin
When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance.
10
Craig Brown
Speaking for myself, I spend a good ten minutes a day deciding whether or not to read the results of new surveys, and, once I have read them, a further five minutes deciding whether or not to take them seriously.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECIDING»

Discover the use of deciding in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deciding and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Thinking and Deciding
This book is essential reading for students and scholars in judgement and decision making and related fields, including psychology, economics, law, medicine, and business.
Jonathan Baron, 2006
2
Deciding What's News: A Study of CBS Evening News, NBC ...
"Herbert J. Gans is the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University." --Book Jacket.
Herbert J. Gans, 1979
3
Deciding for Others: The Ethics of Surrogate Decision Making
This book is the most comprehensive treatment available of one of the most urgent--and yet in some respects most neglected--problems in bioethics: decisionmaking for incompetents.
Allen E. Buchanan, 1989
4
Common Morality : Deciding What to Do: Deciding What to Do
The distillation of over 40 years of scholarship, this book is the most accessible version of Gert's influential theory of morality as well as an eye-opening look at the moral foundations of our everyday actions.
Bernard Gert Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy Dartmouth College, 2004
5
Deciding who Lives: Fateful Choices in the Intensive-care ...
In a probing look at the reality of everyday choices in neonatal intensive care units, sociologist Renee Anspach explores the life-and-death dilemmas that have fueled much national debate.
Renee R. Anspach, 1993
6
Deciding who Leads: How Executive Recruiters Drive, Direct, ...
McCool pulls reveals how senior management recruiters influence compensation, workplace diversity, organizational performance, culture, profits and the definition of leadership
Joseph Daniel McCool, 2008
7
Deciding What to Teach and Test: Developing, Aligning, and ...
Focusing on curriculum leadership and closing the achievement gap, this influential book is updated with new insights on developing and aligning curriculum in a standards-based environment.
Fenwick W. English, 2010
8
Deciding to Intervene: The Reagan Doctrine and American ...
In Deciding to Intervene, James M. Scott examines the Reagan Doctrine, a policy that provided aid to anti-Communist insurgents—or “Freedom Fighters” as President Reagan liked to call them—in an attempt to reverse Soviet advances in ...
James M. Scott, 1996
9
Contemplating Divorce: A Step-by-step Guide to Deciding ...
By clarifying assumptions about and expectations for their relationships to their spouses, the step-by-step approach in Contemplating Divorce helps readers decide whether to try to make a flagging marriage work or proceed with the difficult ...
Susan Pease Gadoua, 2008
10
Deciding to Decide: Agenda Setting in the United States ...
The clerks and justices spoke frankly with Perry, and his skillful analysis of their responses is the mainspring of this book.
H. W. Perry, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECIDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deciding is used in the context of the following news items.
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Naples court deciding if Berlusconi bribed senator to hasten end of …
A court in Naples on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 was deciding whether to convict former Premier Silvio Berlusconi on charges he bribed a ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
2
Canada eyeing opportunities for its firms in deciding on AIIB
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's decision on whether to join the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be in part ... «Reuters Canada, Jul 15»
3
Queensland wins deciding Origin match over New South Wales
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Queensland dominated from the opening minutes Wednesday to overwhelm New South Wales 52-6 and clinch ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
4
Judge deciding whether to move the Jameis Winston trial to …
Channel 9 is waiting to hear whether a judge decides to move the rape case against Jameis Winston to Tallahassee, or keep it in Orlando. «WFTV Orlando, Jul 15»
5
Deciding To Heal From Child Sexual Abuse, Part I
Child sexual abuse can affect every aspect of your life but it may be difficult to say exactly how it may have damaged you: perhaps it caused ... «Huffington Post India, Jul 15»
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Deciding when to stop: efficient experimentation to learn to predict …
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
7
What Outfit to Wear? Women Spend Months Deciding
Woman sometimes get a bad rap for having a hard time deciding what to wear, but leave it to a uniform supplier to try to quantify just how much ... «Yahoo Health, Jul 15»
8
What to Wear? Women Spend Months Deciding
(Newser) – Women sometimes get a bad rap for having a hard time deciding what to wear, but leave it to a uniform supplier to try to quantify just ... «Newser, Jul 15»
9
4-star center deciding on visits
4-star center deciding on visits. Billy EmbodyPublisher. 2016 Santa Monica (Calif.) center Jayce Johnson talked with Billy about his SMU offer ... «SMU Mustangs, Jul 15»
10
India faces challenge of deciding strategic ties with US, China: USIBC
HOUSTON: India is facing a challenge to decide how much it should "align" with the US in its strategic bilateral ties while "managing" China at ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»

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