Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

decided

/dɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.09 in modern English

Syllables: de-ci-ded
IPA: /dɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of decide

adj

Determined; resolute.

adj

Clear; unmistakable, definite, unquestionable.

noun

A voter etc. who has reached their decision.

Example Sentences

"A woman of decided opinions"
"It was a decided victory."
"There was a decided ugliness to the patch of waste ground."
"The visual indicators are a decided improvement, and have reduced the telephoning by the staff in the signalbox."
"[…] but that is a highly flawed procedure if the undecideds differ in major ways from the decideds."

Inflected Forms

more decided (comparative) most decided (superlative) decideds (plural)

Derived Forms

decidedly decidedness predecided underdecided

Synonyms

distinct

Antonyms

undecided

Rhymes With

provided divided sided misguided presided resided collided undecided subdivided undivided subsided confided

Questions

How do you pronounce decided?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/.
What does decided mean?: simple past and past participle of decide

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