decide

• "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

Synonyms

• make up one's mindreach, make, or come to a decision about something
• determineestablish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; shape or influence; fix conclusively or authoritatively; decide upon or fix definitely; reach, make, or come to a decision about something; fix in scope; settle conclusively; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

• "settle conclusively"
• "The case was decided"
• "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"
• "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"

Synonyms

• settlea long wooden bench with a back ; settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; bring to an end; settle conclusively; take up residence and become established; come to terms; go under; become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; establish or develop as a residence; come to rest ; arrange or fix in the desired order; accept despite lack of complete satisfaction; end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; dispose of; become clear by the sinking of particles; cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids) ; sink down or precipitate; fix firmly; get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; make final; form a community; come as if by falling
• resolvethe trait of being resolute; a formal expression by a meeting; bring to an end; reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation ; reach a decision; understand the meaning of; make clearly visible; find the solution; cause to go into a solution
• adjudicateput on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; bring to an end

• "This new development finally decided me!"

• "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"