decisionとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɪʒən/
• 韻: -ɪʒən

名詞

decision (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 decisions)

1. The act of deciding.
2. A choice or judgement.
   • 2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10:

     The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.

   It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.

   It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.

3. (uncountable) Firmness of conviction.

   After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.

4. (chiefly combat sports) 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.

5. (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

使用する際の注意点

• (choice または judgment): Most often, to decide something is to make a decision; however, other possibilities exist as well. Many verbs used with destination or conclusion, such as reach, come to, and arrive at can also be used with decision; these serve to emphasize that the decision is the result of deliberation. Finally, some varieties of English prefer to take a decision rather than make one.
• See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for uses and meaning of decision collocated with these words.
• Adjectives often applied to "decision": important, difficult, big, tough, bad, informed, easy, personal, smart, poor, good, quick, major, strategic, wise, serious, hard, stupid, hasty, responsible, complex, prudent, deliberate, significant, collective, delayed, challenging, careful, foolish, small, rash, thoughtful, slow, clever, forced, uninformed.

派生語

関連する語

• decide
• decisive

動詞

decision (三人称単数 現在形 decisions, 現在分詞 decisioning, 過去形および過去分詞形 decisioned)

1. (boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout

Further reading

• decision on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

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