Etimology
From Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).
noun
decision (countable and uncountable, plural decisions)
The act of deciding.
A choice or judgement.
(uncountable) Firmness of conviction.
(chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
(baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
Examples
It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.
It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.
The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.
He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.
Related words
related terms
decide
decisive
verb
decision (third-person singular simple present decisions, present participle decisioning, simple past and past participle decisioned)
(boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout