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decision noun

ADJ. big, crucial, fateful, important, key, landmark (law), major, momentous
( crucial)
It was a big decision to have to make.
In a landmark decision, the court agreed to hear evidence from twenty years earlier |
difficult, hard, tough
the difficult decision of whether to go to university or nurse her sick mother |
firm
We need a firm decision by Friday.
| prompt, snap
I had to make a snap decision about what to do with the money. |
hasty, knee-jerk, rash | final, irreversible, irrevocable
On Monday, the board of directors will meet to make their final decision. The decision
is irreversible. |
Informed
I need more facts before I can make an informed decision.
| arbitrary | good, rational, right, sensible, wise | bad, poor, unwise, wrong |
collective, joint, unanimous
In the end, the decision to scrap the project was unanimous. |
majority, split | court, government, etc. | investment, policy, etc.
VERB + DECISION
arrive at, come to, make, reach, take

Key decisions are always taken by the editor.


| announce, give (sb)
The committee will give us their decision tomorrow. |
abide by The decision has been made, and we must all abide by it. |
affirm, uphold The management committee upheld her decision to fire two of her
staff.
| reconsider | appeal against, challenge plans to challenge this decision in the High
Court |
overrule, overturn, quash, reverse Nobody has the authority to overrule his
decision. | defer
DECISION + NOUN maker
PREP. ~ about/on a decision on her future > Special page at MEETING

I believe that every one has ever given their decision for something many times in
their life.
Taking a decision seems to be a vital part of human being There are thousands
formula of making a decision from the smallest decision like the time getting up to
some landmark decisions as the decision of whether pursuing a further education or
working for a company after graduation. Talking about a working system of an
organization , almost every key decision are always taken by the leaders and when
the decision has made, all the employees have to abide by it. Consider to a working
team, after a while for discussing, the final decision can be reached with the
members unanimity. ju:n'nimiti
We know that making a decision is not always an easy job for anyone, specially for a
big decision in their life. I honestly wondered what prevent us to come to a
decision. Might be it is because of the lack of confidence . They dont feel confident
to do what they want to that make them partly hesitate. They create themselves a
lot of anxiety and worry. Or for some reason they are hold back,

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