decide
verb (used with object)
to solve or conclude (a question, controversy, or struggle) by giving victory to one side.
had decided
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past perfectof decide.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Like the rest of his family, he couldn't understand why they had decided to cross, saying "their parents have agricultural land and live well".
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Simon said she had decided to speak about her diagnosis after she received letters, "kindly wondering about my relative silence, asking how I am and what I have been doing."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Ismail al-Saifi, another resident of Tell, told AFP the settlers' presence in the village was not an isolated incident, and that locals had decided to fight back on Friday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
President José Antonio Kast said the government had decided to activate the constitutional state of catastrophe after evaluating the emergency.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
For this reason, he had decided to send American soldiers across the border into Cambodia.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
