"decide upon" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "decides upon",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deciding upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decided upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decided upon",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "decide upon (third-person singular simple present decides upon, present participle deciding upon, simple past and past participle decided upon)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"upon\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 March 24, Paul Macinnes, “Saudi bid for Chelsea fails as Boehly and Broughton groups remain frontrunners”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-23:",
          "text": "The process of deciding upon a new owner for Chelsea took a step forward on Thursday after a Saudi Arabian consortium was removed from the running.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of decide on"
      ],
      "id": "en-decide_upon-en-verb-PeDQG7Qd",
      "links": [
        [
          "decide on",
          "decide on#English"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
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          "word": "decide on"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "decide upon"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "decides upon",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deciding upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decided upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decided upon",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "decide upon (third-person singular simple present decides upon, present participle deciding upon, simple past and past participle decided upon)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"upon\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 March 24, Paul Macinnes, “Saudi bid for Chelsea fails as Boehly and Broughton groups remain frontrunners”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-23:",
          "text": "The process of deciding upon a new owner for Chelsea took a step forward on Thursday after a Saudi Arabian consortium was removed from the running.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of decide on"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decide on",
          "decide on#English"
        ]
      ],
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          "word": "decide on"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "decide upon"
}