{
    "term": "decide",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "decide",
            "heSheIt": "decides"
        },
        "pastSimple": "decided",
        "pastParticiple": "decided",
        "ingForm": "deciding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to think carefully about the different possibilities that are available and choose one of them",
            "sensetop": "decide to do somethingdecide (that)…decide what, whether, etc…decide between A and Bdecide against somethingdecide against doing somethingdecide somethingit is decided (that)…",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's up to you to decide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You will **have to decide** soon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't tell you what to do—you'll have to decide for yourself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've decided not to go away after all.",
                    "contextForm": "decide to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why did you decide to look for a new job?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gave up politics and decided instead to focus on charity work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has **already decided** that the law needs to be changed.",
                    "contextForm": "decide (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She decided that she wanted to live in France."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You have the right to decide what you want to do.",
                    "contextForm": "decide what, whether, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't decide what to wear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She couldn’t decide whether he was telling the truth or not."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was difficult to decide between the two candidates.",
                    "contextForm": "decide between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **finally decided** against a career in medicine.",
                    "contextForm": "decide against something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They decided against taking legal action.",
                    "contextForm": "decide against doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sales figures will **ultimately decide** the future of these types of games.",
                    "contextForm": "decide something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We might be hiring more people but nothing has been decided yet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The venue for the concert **has yet to be decided**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was decided that the school should purchase new software.",
                    "contextForm": "it is decided (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You choose—I can't decide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's time to decide whether you want to continue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've reluctantly decided to sell the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had unanimously decided to go with the captain's plan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exact time of the meeting is still to be decided."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They decided in favour of reducing the fees."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["eventually", "finally", "ultimately"],
                "verb + decide": ["be able to", "be unable to", "cannot"],
                "preposition": ["against", "between", "in favour/​favor of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "decide for yourself",
                    "the task of deciding something",
                    "to be decided"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make an official or legal judgement",
            "sensetop": "decide somethingdecide for/in favour of somebodydecide in somebody’s favourdecide against somebodydecide on something",
            "labels": "(law)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The case will be decided by a jury.",
                    "contextForm": "decide something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Appeal Court decided in their favour.",
                    "contextForm": "decide for/in favour of somebodydecide in somebody’s favour"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is always possible that the judge may decide against you.",
                    "contextForm": "decide against somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He challenged her right as governor to decide on the matter.",
                    "contextForm": "decide on something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["eventually", "finally", "ultimately"],
                "verb + decide": ["be able to", "be unable to", "cannot"],
                "preposition": ["against", "between", "in favour/​favor of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "decide for yourself",
                    "the task of deciding something",
                    "to be decided"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to affect the result of something",
            "sensetop": "decide somethingdecide if, whether, etc…",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A mixture of skill and good luck decided the outcome of the game.",
                    "contextForm": "decide something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A number of factors decide whether a movie will be successful or not.",
                    "contextForm": "decide if, whether, etc…"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to be the reason why somebody does something",
            "sensetop": "decide somebody (to do something)decide something (for somebody)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "For most customers, price is **the deciding factor**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They offered me free accommodation for a year, and that decided me.",
                    "contextForm": "decide somebody (to do something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That decided it for me: I wasn't carrying my bike back up those stairs.",
                    "contextForm": "decide something (for somebody)"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪd/",
                "audio": "de/decide/decide__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪdz/",
                "audio": "de/decide/decides__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪdɪd/",
                "audio": "de/decide/decided__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/decide/deciding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪd/",
                "audio": "de/decide/decide__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪdz/",
                "audio": "de/decide/decides__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪdɪd/",
                "audio": "de/decide/decided__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/decide/deciding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘bring to a settlement’): from French décider, from Latin decidere ‘determine’, from de- ‘off’ + caedere ‘cut’."
}