Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deciding

/dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: de-cid-ing
IPA: /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of making a decision.

Uncountable

adj

Resulting, having resulted, or having the potential to result in a decision or conclusion.

verb

present participle and gerund of decide

Example Sentences

"She saw to my meals; but the what and the when and the how of our eating was always controlled by her own decidings."
"By keeping the court's public work mystified and secret, the justices, like [Clarence] Thomas, denigrate how important the actual deciding of cases is to the American people."
"The cost turned out to be the deciding factor in our final choice."
"Do you know what was the deciding thing made me marry Mark Bycourt in the end? Yes: Cyril. I'm fond of boys, Mr Carrados, and I want them to have their chance in life."
"Justice [Anthony] Kennedy often casts the deciding vote in closely divided cases on major social issues."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

decidings (plural) more deciding (comparative) most deciding (superlative)

Synonyms

determinant determinative determining decision making

Rhymes With

providing riding hiding sliding guiding dividing residing siding presiding abiding gliding colliding

Questions

How do you pronounce deciding?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/.
What does deciding mean?: The act of making a decision.

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