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| Main Entry: | decide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a determination; settle an issue |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, agree, award, choose, cinch, clinch, conclude, conjecture, decree, determine, elect, end, establish, figure, gather, guess, judge, mediate, opt, pick, poll, purpose, resolve, rule, select, set, surmise, tap, vote, will, arrive at conclusion, call shots, cast the die, come to agreement, come to conclusion, come to decision, commit oneself, draw a conclusion, fix upon, form opinion, go down line, have final word, make a decision, make up mind, reach decision, take a stand |
| Antonyms: | defer, delay, hesitate, postpone, procrastinate, put off, wait |
| Main Entry: | adjudicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formally judge |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, arbitrate, decide, determine, mediate, referee, settle, umpire |
| Antonyms: | defer, dodge, ignore, not judge |
| Main Entry: | arbitrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve settlement |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, adjust, bring to terms, conciliate, decide, determine, interpose, intervene, judge, mediate, meet halfway, negotiate, parley, placate, play ball*, reconcile, referee, settle, smooth, soothe, step in, umpire, come to school, come to terms, hammer out a deal, make a deal, pass judgment, straighten out, strike happy medium, trade off, work out a deal |
| Antonyms: | let ride |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make plans, often involving agreement |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, agree to, blueprint, chart, compromise, concert, construct, contrive, decide, design, determine, devise, direct, draft, establish, frame*, harmonize, iron out*, lay out, manage, negotiate, organize, prepare, project, promote, provide, resolve, schedule, scheme, settle, tailor, work out, come to terms, get act together, get ready, hammer out a deal, line up, make a connection, make ready, map out, pull a wire, pull things together, quarterback, set stage, shape up, work out a deal |
| Antonyms: | disorganize, not plan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | secure a goal |
| Synonyms: | assure, cap, conclude, confirm, decide, determine, seal, seize, set, settle, verify, sew up |
| Notes: | clench means to hold in a tight grasp while clinch means to settle conclusively - for example, hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches |
| Main Entry: | conclude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | settle, resolve |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, bring about, carry out, clinch, confirm, decide, determine, effect, establish, fix, pull off, rule, work out |
| Antonyms: | unsettle |
| Main Entry: | decree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order rule or action |
| Synonyms: | announce, command, compel, constrain, decide, declare, demand, determine, dictate, enact, force, impose, lay down the law, oblige, ordain, prescribe, proclaim, pronounce, put one's foot down, read the riot act, require, rule, set |
| Main Entry: | define |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give description |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, assign, characterize, construe, decide, delineate, denote, describe, designate, detail, determine, dub, elucidate, entitle, etch, exemplify, explain, expound, illustrate, interpret, label, name, prescribe, represent, specify, spell out, tag, translate, call a spade a spade, denominate, formalize, lay it out, nail it down |
| Antonyms: | confuse, distort, tangle, twist |
| Main Entry: | destine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predetermine, ordain |
| Synonyms: | allot, appoint, assign, consecrate, decide, decree, dedicate, design, determine, devote, doom, earmark*, fate, foreordain, intend, preordain, purpose, reserve, doom to, mark out, predestine, preform |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dictate, govern, regulate |
| Synonyms: | affect, bound, circumscribe, command, condition, control, decide, devise, direct, impel, impose, incline, induce, influence, invent, lead, limit, manage, measure, modify, plot, rule, shape, delimit, mark off |
| Main Entry: | dispose of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | settle a matter |
| Synonyms: | chop, cut, cut off, decide, determine, end, finish, knock off*, polish off*, put away, deal with, do the trick, take care of |
| Antonyms: | begin, continue, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell the difference |
| Synonyms: | analyze, ascertain, categorize, characterize, classify, collate, decide, demarcate, determine, diagnose, differentiate, discriminate, divide, estimate, extricate, finger*, identify, judge, know, label, make out, mark, name, part, pinpoint, place, qualify, recognize, select, separate, sift, specify, spot, tag, determinate, diagnosticate, figure out, individualize, individuate, mark off, set apart, set off, signalize, single out, singularize, sort out, tell apart, tell between, tell from |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | estimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guess, try to value |
| Synonyms: | account, appraise, assay, assess, believe, budget, cast, cipher, class, classify, compute, conjecture, consider, count, decide, deduce, determine, enumerate, evaluate, examine, expect, figure, gauge, guess, judge, look into, number, outline, plan, predict, prophesy, rank, rate, reason, reckon, regard, scheme, sum, suppose, surmise, suspect, tax, think, calculate roughly, form opinion, guesstimate, look upon, run over, set a figure, size up*, think through* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evaluate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | judge |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assay, assess, calculate, check, check out, class, classify, criticize, decide, estimate, gauge, grade, peg*, rank, rate, read, reckon, size, survey, value, weigh, figure out, fiture, guesstimate, look over, price out, set at, size up*, take account of, take measure, valuate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | finalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | finish, complete action |
| Synonyms: | agree, clinch*, conclude, consummate, decide, settle, tie up*, work out, wrap up, sew up |
| Antonyms: | begin, introduce, open, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | govern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence; hold in check |
| Synonyms: | boss, bridle, check, contain, control, curb, decide, determine, direct, discipline, dispose, dominate, guide, handle, incline, inhibit, manage, predispose, regulate, restrain, rule, shepherd, steer, subdue, sway, tame, directionalize, get the better of, underlie |
| Antonyms: | acquiesce, allow, consent, permit, give way |
| Main Entry: | judge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make decision from evidence; deduce |
| Synonyms: | act on, adjudge, adjudicate, appraise, appreciate, approximate, arbitrate, arrive, ascertain, assess, check, collect, conclude, condemn, consider, criticize, decide, decree, deduct, derive, determine, discern, distinguish, doom, draw, esteem, estimate, evaluate, examine, find, gather, make, make out, mediate, place, put, rate, reckon, referee, resolve, review, rule, sentence, settle, sit, suppose, test, try, umpire, value, give a hearing, pass sentence, pronounce sentence, size up |
| Main Entry: | nominate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, select |
| Synonyms: | appoint, assign, call, choose, commission, decide, draft, elect, elevate, empower, intend, make, mean, name, offer, present, proffer, propose, purpose, put up, recommend, slate, slot, specify, submit, suggest, tab, tap, tender, term, cognominate, denominate, put down for |
| Antonyms: | ignore, pass over |
| Main Entry: | opt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose |
| Synonyms: | cull, decide, elect, go for*, mark, pick, prefer, select, take, exercise choice, make a selection, single out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prescribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stipulate action to be taken |
| Synonyms: | appoint, assign, choose, command, decide, decree, define, designate, determine, dictate, direct, enjoin, establish, fix, guide, impose, ordain, order, require, rule, select, set, settle, specify, lay down, pick out, write prescription |
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