decided Definition

decide
verb decided, deciding

1. To settle something; to make the final result of something certain.

Thesaurus: choose, select, pick, opt, elect.
2. To make someone decide in a certain way.
3. To make a formal judgement about something.

Thesaurus: conclude, establish, determine, resolve, make up one's mind, settle.

Idiom: decide to do something

To establish an intention of doing it.
Example: decided to leave early

Etymology: 14c: from Latin decidere to cut down, settle.

Phrasal Verb: decide against something

To reject it as an intention or course of action.

Phrasal Verb: decide on or about something

To establish an intention or course of action regarding it.

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decided
adj

1. Clear and definite; unmistakeable.

Thesaurus: determined, settled, certain, definite, clear, clear-cut.
2. Determined; showing no doubt.

Thesaurus: resolute, unhesitating, determined, emphatic, assertive, decisive, deliberate, unequivocal, forthright.

Derivative: decidedly
adverb

Undoubtedly; definitely.
Example: decidedly ugly