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decider

noun
/dɪˈsaɪdə(ɹ)/UK

Etymology

From decide + -er.

  1. derived from dēcīdere
  2. derived from decider
  3. inherited from deciden
  4. suffixed as decider — “decide + er”

Definitions

  1. A person, divinity, or authoritative text which decides.

    • This written and revealed will of God I said was the Judge and Decider of all Questions.
    • The Determination of his Majesty, who is the only proper decider of this Matter.
    • The god Adar, which, with its two oft-occurring idiographs Bar and Nin-ib, is preferably designated as the "Decider" (Entschneider).

  2. An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.

    • Four years on, France […] will meet Ireland again in the probable decider for their World Cup pool in September 21 in Paris.
    • […] when the Welshman laid on the 74th-minute decider.
    • Tensions threatened to boil over before the defending champion Gerwyn Price eventually overcame Kim Huybrechts in a sudden-death decider to reach the last 16 of the PDC World Championship.

  3. A Turing machine that halts regardless of its input.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA