Reach, make, or come to a decision about something:
— We finally decided after lengthy deliberations.

synonyms: determine, make up one's mind.

Roget 474: be certain etc. adj.; stand to reason.    render certain etc. adj.; insure, ensure, assure; clinch, make sure; determine, decide, set at rest, make assurance double sure" [Macbeth]; know etc. (believe) 484.    dogmatize, lay down the law.    ... show more

Roget 609: offers one's choice, set before; hold out the alternative, present the alternative, offer the alternative; put to the vote.    use option, use discretion, exercise option, exercise discretion, one's option; adopt, take up, embrace, espouse; choose, elect, opt for; take one's choice, make one's choice; make choice of, fix upon.    vote, poll, hold up one's hand; divide.    settle; decide etc. (adjudge) 480; list etc. (will) 600; make up one's mind etc. (resolve) 604.    select; pick and choose; pick out, single out; cull, glean, winnow; sift the chaff from the wheat, separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat; pick up, pitch upon; pick one's way; indulge one's fancy.    set apart, mark out for; mark etc. 550.    prefer; have rather, have as lief; fancy etc. (desire) 865; be persuaded etc. 615.    take a decided step, take a decisive step; commit oneself to a course; pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon; cast in one's lot with; take for better or for worse.    ... show more

Roget 480: judge, conclude; come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion; ascertain, determine, make up one's mind.    deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet^†, ween^†.    form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account; regard, consider, think of; look upon etc. (believe) 484; review; size up [Slang].    settle; pass an opinion, give an opinion; decide, try, pronounce, rule; pass judgment, pass sentence; sentence, doom; find; give judgment, deliver judgment; adjudge, adjudicate; arbitrate, award, report; bring in a verdict; make absolute, set a question at rest; confirm etc. (assent) 488.    comment, criticize, kibitz; pass under review etc. (examine) 457; investigate etc. (inquire) 461.    hold the scales, sit in judgment; try judgment, hear a cause.    ... show more

Roget 153: be the cause of etc. n .; originate; give origin to, give rise, to, give occasion to; cause, occasion, sow the seeds of, kindle, suscitate^†; bring on, bring to bring pass, bring about; produce; create etc. 161; set up, set afloat, set on foot; found, broach, institute, lay the foundation of; lie at the root of.    procure, induce, draw down, open the door to, superinduce, evoke, entail, operate; elicit, provoke.    conduce to etc. (tend to) 176; contribute; have a hand in the pie, have a finger in the pie; determine, decide, turn the scale; have a common origin; derive its origin etc. (effect) 154.    ... show more

Roget 604: have determination etc. n.; know one's own mind; be resolved etc. adj.; make up one's mind, will, resolve, determine; decide etc. (judgment) 480; form a determination, come to a determination, come to a resolution, come to a resolve; conclude, fix, seal, determine once for all, bring to a crisis, drive matters to an extremity; take a decisive step etc. (choice) 609; take upon oneself etc. (undertake) 676.    devote oneself to, give oneself up to; throw away the scabbard, kick down the ladder, nail one's colors to the mast, set one's back against the wall, set one's teeth, put one's foot down, take one's stand; stand firm etc. (stability) 150; steel oneself; stand no nonsense, not listen to the voice of the charmer.    buckle to; buckle oneself put one's shoulder to the buckle oneself put one's shoulder to the wheel, lay one's shoulder to the wheel, set one's shoulder to the wheel; put one's heart into; run the gauntlet, make a dash at, take the bull by the horns; rush in medias res, plunge in medias res; go in for; insist upon, make a point of; set one's heart upon, set one's mind upon.    stick at nothing, stop at nothing; make short work of etc. (activity) 682; not stick at trifles; go all lengths, go the limit [Slang], go the whole hog; persist etc. (persevere) 604.1; go through fire and water, ride the tiger, ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm.    ... show more

Dutch: beschikken, beslissen, besluiten, decideren, resolveren, uitmaken

Bring to an end; settle conclusively:
— The case was decided.
— The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff.

synonyms: adjudicate, resolve, settle.

Dutch: overeenkomen, beslissen, beslechten

Cause to decide.

Influence or determine.

Dutch: bepalen, beslissen