Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of decide
comparative more decided · superlative most decided
- Determined; resolute.
A woman of decided opinions
- Clear; unmistakable, definite, unquestionable.
It was a decided victory.
2 more examples
There was a decided ugliness to the patch of waste ground.
The visual indicators are a decided improvement, and have reduced the telephoning by the staff in the signalbox.
1954 November, “Train Arrival Indicators at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 738
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian решителен
- решителен (rešitelen)determined
French décidé
- décidédetermined
German entschieden
- entschiedendetermined
Spanish decidido
- decididodetermined
Cite this entry
decided. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decided
“decided.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decided. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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