decided

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪd/, /dɪˈsaɪ.dəd/
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Verb

decided

  1. simple past and past participle of decide

Adjective

decided (comparative more decided, superlative most decided)

  1. Determined; resolute.
    A woman of decided opinions
  2. Clear; unmistakable, definite, unquestionable.
    It was a decided victory.
    There was a decided ugliness to the patch of waste ground.
    • 1954 November, “Train Arrival Indicators at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 738:
      The visual indicators are a decided improvement, and have reduced the telephoning by the staff in the signalbox.

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Noun

decided (plural decideds)

  1. A voter etc. who has reached their decision.
    • 2016, Herb Asher, Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen Should Know:
      [] but that is a highly flawed procedure if the undecideds differ in major ways from the decideds.