decision

noun
/dɪˈsɪʒn̩/

Etymology

Derived from Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).

  1. derived from dēcīsiō

Definitions

  1. The act of deciding.

  2. A choice or judgement.

    • It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.
    • His life has always been filled with big decisions.
    • It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.
  3. Firmness of conviction.

    • After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.
  4. + 3 more definitions
    1. A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.

      • He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.
    2. A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

    3. To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at decision. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at decision. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at decision

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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