deciding

[dih-sahy-ding]

adjective

1. that settles a question or dispute or leads to a final decision; determining; decisive.

   the deciding vote; The weather will be the deciding factor as to whether we have the picnic or not.

Other Word Forms

• decidingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of deciding¹

First recorded in 1650–60; decide + -ing ²

Example Sentences

England's final match of the home summer, the deciding T20 against South Africa, was abandoned without a ball being bowled in Nottingham.

From BBC

It has said it is still deciding whether to run its own candidate, or back Catherine Connolly.

From BBC

Before deciding on his future career in weather, he studied Civil Engineering at university, dropping out two years into the course.

From BBC

The brothers were familiar with the “Beatles 1” album and “Yellow Submarine” animated film as children, when they used to “play” the songs on plastic toy guitars before deciding to do the real thing.

From Salon

"Staff are being forced to take strike action as neither university has made any attempt to resolve their respective disputes, instead deciding to push forward with plans to make staff redundant."

From BBC

Related Words

• conclusive 
• decisive