decided

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/dɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd//diˈsaɪ̯.dɪd//dəˈsaɪ.dəd/

adjective

Determined; resolute.

“It was a decided victory.”

Opposite
Very commonScrabble 12

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of decide
adjectivedecided (comparative more decided, superlative most decided)

comparative more decided · superlative most decided

  1. Determined; resolute.

    A woman of decided opinions

  2. 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
noundecided (plural decideds)

plural decideds

  1. A voter etc. who has reached their decision.

    […] but that is a highly flawed procedure if the undecideds differ in major ways from the decideds.

    2016, Herb Asher, Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen Should Know

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

adjectiverecognizable; marked

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
APA

decided. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decided

MLA

“decided.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decided. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decided,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decided.

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