verb
- Reach, make, or come to a decision about something.
- usage: "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
- synonyms: decide, make up one's mind, determine
- Bring to an end; settle conclusively.
- usage: "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
- synonyms: decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
- Cause to decide.
- usage: "This new development finally decided me"
- synonyms: decide
- Influence or determine.
- usage: "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"
- synonyms: decide
adjective
- Recognizable; marked.
- usage: "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"
- synonyms: distinct