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

Later, when he was deciding whether to go to graduate school, a tour guide at Life Chiropractic College West in California encouraged him to take out loans to finance his degree.

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One challenge for employers now is deciding which posts cross a line and should result in an employee’s termination, human-resources specialists say.

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The agency would typically hold a public meeting before deciding to order a recall or ask the Justice Department to sue a company to comply with a recall order.

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His post came 24 hours after a joint statement of rugby's leading nations warned that any player deciding to participate in R360 would make them "ineligible for international selection".

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And when they played one another on Sunday, they showed why their past clubs should’ve thought a bit longer before deciding to cut bait.

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Related Words

• conclusive 
• decisive