(n.) The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion.
(n.) An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court.
(n.) The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.
Example Sentences:
(1) I want to get some good insight before I make my decision,” said Hiddink.
(2) It wasn’t an easy decision because I was born in Kingston, Jamaica,” acknowledged Aarons.
(3) In a climate in which medical staffs are being sued as a result of their decisions in peer review activities, hospitals' administrative and medical staffs are becoming more cautious in their approach to medical staff privileging.
(4) A spokesman for the Greens said that the party was “disappointed” with the decision and would be making representations to both the BBC and BBC Trust .
(5) In more than 70 per cent of these, brain injury is the decisive lethal factor.
(6) The evidence suggests that by the age of 15 years many adolescents show a reliable level of competence in metacognitive understanding of decision-making, creative problem-solving, correctness of choice, and commitment to a course of action.
(7) Also critical to Mr Smith's victory was the decision over lunch of the MSF technical union's delegation to abstain on the rule changes.
(8) They more precisely delineate the hazard identification process and the factors important in supporting risk decisions for developmental toxicants than does any other document.
(9) In order for the club to grow and sustain its ability to be a competitive force in the Premier League, the board has made a number of decisions which will strengthen the club, support the executive team, manager and his staff and enhance shareholder return.
(10) For retrospective action to be taken, and an FA charge to follow, the decision of the panel must be unanimous.” The match between the sides ended in acrimony and two City red cards.
(11) The stepped approach is cost-effective and provides an objective basis for decisions and priority setting.
(12) The time to make the decision and the total time are automatically recorded.
(13) GlaxoSmithKline was unusually critical of the decision by Nice, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, and also the Scottish Medicines Consortium, to reject its drug belimumab (brand name Benlysta) in final draft guidance.
(14) "We have determined that an unprecedented framework has been established, where an organisation that can make decisions at a national level ... will be at the forefront of the investigations," Abe said.
(15) Such a decision put hundreds of British jobs at risk and would once again deprive Londoners of the much-loved hop-on, hop-off service.
(16) The mother in Arthur Ransome's children's classic, Swallows and Amazons, is something of a cipher, but her inability to make basic decisions does mean she receives one of the finest telegrams in all literature.
(17) We are better off in.” Out campaigners have claimed that the NHS could be badly hit by a decision to stay in the EU.
(18) Cas reduced it further to four, but the decision effectively ends Platini’s career as a football administrator because – as he pointedly noted – it rules him out of standing for the Fifa presidency in 2019.
(19) Being the decision-making agent, the rehabilitee must therefore be offered typical situational fragments of a possible educational and vocational future, intended on the one hand to inform him of occupational alternatives and, on the other, to provide initial experience.
(20) The difference in Brazil will be the huge distances involved, with the crazy decision not to host the group stages in geographical clusters leading to logistical and planning nightmares.
Option
Definition:
(n.) The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.
(n.) The exercise of the power of choice; choice.
(n.) A wishing; a wish.
(n.) A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by Parliament in 1845.
(n.) A stipulated privilege, given to a party in a time contract, of demanding its fulfillment on any day within a specified limit.
Example Sentences:
(1) Meanwhile Bradley Beal has developed into a dangerous second option and complementary sidekick in exactly the same way that Dion Waiters hasn't for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
(2) With attention to proper performance and patient selection, spinal and epidural anaesthesia are safe and efficacious options when choosing anaesthetic technique.
(3) Chris Pavlou, former vice chairman of Laiki, told Channel 4 news that Anastasiades was given little option by the troika but to accept the draconian terms, which force savers to take a hit for the first time in the fifth bailout of a eurozone country.
(4) By using these larger catheters, the surgeon will not lose the option of using isosmotic preparations.
(5) The dumplings could also be served pan-fried in browned butter and tossed with a bitter leaf salad and fresh sheep's cheese for a lighter, but equally delicious option.
(6) Proper treatment of postoperative atelectasis requires adequate patient assessment and knowledge of the therapeutic options.
(7) We know that from the rapid take up of crowd funded renewables investors are actively looking for a more secure option.
(8) Steps in the decision-making process, as well as options to be considered, are detailed.
(9) RF ablation appears to be a safe and effective therapeutic option for drug-resistant ectopic atrial tachycardia and may be the preferred first-line therapy for those patients with depressed ventricular function.
(10) Endoscopic coagulation is a useful adjunct in the treatment of this condition, and is safe, effective, and leaves other options open.
(11) The main benefit of the newer drugs is that they offer new options for the treatment of patients who cannot tolerate side effects of the traditional drugs or have responded unsatisfactorily to them.
(12) Available evidence suggests that the medical outcome between these two options is similar; this study was designed to investigate selected psychosocial outcomes.
(13) The literature is reviewed with respect to treatment options and prognostic factors.
(14) The protein variation potentially includes N-terminal differences coded for by transcript-specific 5' exons and internal differences arising from the optional inclusion of a 39 base-pair exon and from the alternative use of two 3' splice sites separated by six base-pairs.
(15) This study investigates neophyte student nurses' attitudes to working with the elderly through placing them in relation to attitudes to other nursing career options and by exploring student nurses' reasons for such attitudes.
(16) Alternative management options, 6 month mortality and costs for the post-myocardial infarction patient were compared.
(17) 'don't know' options) students were able to increase their score significantly and the rank order of the students in class is changed.
(18) Another feature of TWINAN90 is the optional output of a pedigree file which can be read by the quantitative genetics package FISHER.
(19) Procurement has already brought down prices in foster care significantly in recent years, so differences between the costs of placement options may now be marginal.
(20) Operative decompression is in most cases the only therapeutic option.