"make a decision" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make a decision.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes a decision [present, singular, third-person], making a decision [participle, present], made a decision [participle, past], made a decision [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> a decision}} make a decision (third-person singular simple present makes a decision, present participle making a decision, simple past and past participle made a decision)
  1. (intransitive) To decide. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (decide): choose up [informal], take a decision (english: much less common, especially in US) Translations (to decide): ᏕᎫᎪᏗᎭ (degugodiha) (Cherokee), prendre une décision (French), გადაწყვეტილების მიღება (gadac̣q̇veṭilebis miɣeba) (Georgian), eine Entscheidung treffen (German), παίρνω απόφαση (paírno apófasi) (Greek), döntést hozni (Hungarian), prendere una decisione (Italian), носам одлука (nosam odluka) (Macedonian), tomar uma decisão (Portuguese), приня́ть реше́ние (prinjátʹ rešénije) (Russian), реши́ть (rešítʹ) (Russian), tomar una decisión (Spanish), karar vermek (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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