noun
the cognitive process of reaching a decision
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a good executive must be good at decision making
• Syn: ↑decision making
• Derivationally related forms: ↑decide
• Hypernyms: ↑higher cognitive process
• Hyponyms:
↑umpirage, ↑officiation, ↑officiating, ↑refereeing, ↑determination, ↑eclecticism, ↑eclectic method, ↑groupthink, ↑settlement, ↑resolution, ↑closure, ↑judgment, ↑judgement, ↑judging, ↑reversal, ↑change of mind, ↑flip-flop, ↑turnabout, ↑turnaround, ↑choice, ↑pick, ↑selection, ↑cull, ↑reject, ↑option, ↑alternative
adjective
having the power or quality of deciding
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the crucial experiment
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cast the deciding vote
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the determinative (or determinant) battle
• Syn: ↑determinant, ↑determinative, ↑determining
• Similar to: ↑decisive
• Derivationally related forms: ↑determinative (for: ↑determinative), ↑determinant (for: ↑determinant), ↑determine (for: ↑determinant)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.