- decision
- nounADJECTIVE▪ big, crucial, fateful, important, key, landmark (law), major, momentous▪
It was a big decision to make.
▪In a landmark decision, the court agreed to hear evidence from twenty years earlier.
▪ life-and-death, life-changing▪Presidents must make momentous life-and-death decisions while in office.
▪ difficult, hard, tough▪the difficult decision of whether to go to college or nurse her sick mother
▪ easy▪ firm▪We need a firm decision by Friday.
▪ prompt, snap, split-second▪I had to make a snap decision about what to do with the money.
▪ hasty, knee-jerk, rash▪ last-minute▪ final, irreversible, irrevocable▪Tomorrow the board will meet to make their final decision.
▪The decision is irreversible.
▪ informed▪I need more facts before I can make an informed decision.
▪ arbitrary▪ good, intelligent, prudent, rational, right, sensible, smart (esp. AmE), wise▪ timely▪ bad, poor, unwise, wrong▪ unpopular▪ controversial, questionable▪ fateful▪He died after making the fateful decision to drive that evening.
▪ collective, joint, unanimous▪In the end, the decision to scrap the project was unanimous.
▪ majority, split▪ court, government, etc.▪ investment, policy, etc.▪ clinical, ethical, political, tactical, etc.VERB + DECISION▪ arrive at, come to, make, reach, take (BrE)▪Key decisions are always taken by the editor.
▪ face▪She now faces the toughest decision of her life.
▪ affect, drive, guide, impact (AmE), influence, shape, sway▪I didn't want to influence his decision.
▪ announce, give (sb), issue▪The committee will give us their decision tomorrow.
▪ abide by▪The decision has been made, and we must all abide by it.
▪ respect▪Her parents respected her decision not to marry.
▪ affirm, uphold▪The management committee upheld her decision to fire two of her staff.
▪ implement▪Failure to implement the decision would be a great shame.
▪ reconsider, rethink, review, revisit (esp. AmE)▪ defend, explain, justify▪She defended her decision not to give him the job.
▪ regret▪ appeal (AmE), appeal against (BrE), challenge, oppose, protest (AmE), protest against▪plans to challenge this decision in the High Court
▪ criticize▪ question▪ applaud, praise, support▪ override, overrule, overturn, quash, reverse▪Nobody has the authority to overrule his decision.
▪ await▪ defer, delay, postponeDECISION + NOUN▪ process▪The most persuasive talker often dominates the decision process.
▪ time▪It's decision time, and deciding is difficult.
PREPOSITION▪ decision about, decision on▪a decision on her future
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
