decision

1 عمومی:: داوری‌، عزم‌، تصمیم‌، حكم‌ دادگاه‌، تصمیم

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1 general:: decision verbs make a decision • I want to think about it a bit longer before I make a decision. take a decision British English (= make an important or formal decision ) • I fully accept the decision taken by the committee. reach/come to/arrive at a decision (= make a decision after a lot of thought ) • We hope they will reach their decision as soon as possible. regret a decision (= wish you had not made a particular decision ) • I was already regretting my decision to go on holiday with him. reconsider a decision (= think about changing a decision you have made ) • He said he wasn't prepared to reconsider his decision. reverse a decision (= change a decision ) • They want him to reverse his decision to quit. overrule/overturn a decision (= officially change a decision by another person or group ) • A director of the company had overruled that decision. postpone a decision (= not make a decision until later ) • The government has postponed its decision about when to hold the election. adjectives an important decision • My father made all the important decisions. a big decision (= an important decision ) • Marriage is a big decision. a major decision (= very important ) • The government now has some major decisions to make. a difficult/hard/tough decision • In the end I took the difficult decision to retire early. a good decision • It was a good decision to change the name of the product. a bad decision • I think he made a bad decision. the right decision • She chose to study Engineering and it was definitely the right decision. the wrong decision • I thought I'd made the wrong decision marrying Jeff. a conscious/deliberate decision (= one that you have thought about clearly ) • Belinda had made a conscious decision to have a baby. a clear/firm decision (= a definite one ) • It's now time to come to a clear decision on this. a final decision (= one that will not be changed ) • The council will make a final decision in four months. a snap decision (= one that you make extremely quickly ) • Police officers often have to make snap decisions on how to act. a controversial decision (= that people disagree about ) • The history of the law is full of controversial decisions. a hasty decision (= one that you make without enough thought ) • Don't let yourself be forced into making hasty decisions. a joint decision (= one that two people make together ) • Jo and I made a joint decision that we should separate. a collective decision (= one that a number of people make together ) • Society should take collective decisions about individual rights and responsibilities.

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2 general:: noun choice: It is a difficult decision.

Simple Definitions

3 general::   noun ADJ. big, crucial, fateful, important, key, landmark (law), major, momentous It was a big decision to have to make. In a landmark decision, the court agreed to hear evidence from twenty years earlier. | difficult, hard, tough the difficult decision of whether to go to university or nurse her sick mother | firm We need a firm decision by Friday. | prompt, snap I had to make a snap decision about what to do with the money. | hasty, knee-jerk, rash | final, irreversible, irrevocable On Monday, the board of directors will meet to make their final decision. The decision is irreversible. | informed I need more facts before I can make an informed decision. | arbitrary | good, rational, right, sensible, wise | bad, poor, unwise, wrong | collective, joint, unanimous In the end, the decision to scrap the project was unanimous. | majority, split | court, government, etc. | investment, policy, etc. VERB + DECISION arrive at, come to, make, reach, take Key decisions are always taken by the editor. | announce, give (sb) The committee will give us their decision tomorrow. | abide by The decision has been made, and we must all abide by it. | affirm, uphold The management committee upheld her decision to fire two of her staff. | reconsider | appeal against, challenge plans to challenge this decision in the High Court | overrule, overturn, quash, reverse Nobody has the authority to overrule his decision. | defer DECISION + NOUN maker PREP. ~ about/on a decision on her futureMEETING

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