deciding

plural decidings

1. uncountableusuallyThe act of making a decision.

   She saw to my meals; but the what and the when and the how of our eating was always controlled by her own decidings.

   2005, Walter Wangerin Jr., Jesus: A Novel, Grand Rapids, M.I.: Zondervan, →ISBN, page 372

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   By keeping the court's public work mystified and secret, the justices, like [Clarence] Thomas, denigrate how important the actual deciding of cases is to the American people.

   2007 November 30, Dahlia Lithwick, “Open Books”, in Slate, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2023

comparative more deciding · superlative most deciding

1. Resulting, having resulted, or having the potential to result in a decision or conclusion.

   The cost turned out to be the deciding factor in our final choice.

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   Do you know what was the deciding thing made me marry Mark Bycourt in the end? Yes: Cyril. I'm fond of boys, Mr Carrados, and I want them to have their chance in life.

   1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

   Justice [Anthony] Kennedy often casts the deciding vote in closely divided cases on major social issues.

   2018 June 4, Adam Liptak, “In Narrow Decision, Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2023

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of decide