Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“decisions” is a form of

decision

/dɪˈsɪʒn̩/ noun, verb

Forms decisions decisioning decisioned

  1. noun The act of deciding.
  2. noun A choice or judgement. “It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.”
  3. noun (uncountable) Firmness of conviction. “After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.”
  4. noun (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest. “He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.”
  5. noun (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
  6. verb (boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout

Synonyms

idea opinion view award censure choice conclusion deduction determination ergotism illation inference judgement/judgment mind result sight take verdict decisiveness

Antonyms

indecision

Etymology

Derived from Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Cutting off; division; detachment of a part. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
  2. noun The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion.

Etymology [L. decisio, fr. decidere, decisum: cf. F. décision. See Decide.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “decision”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “decision” (best matches first).

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