decidedadj.
/dᵻˈsʌɪdᵻd/, U.S. /dəˈsaɪdᵻd/, /diˈsaɪdᵻd/ 1.
a. That has been decided; about which a judgement or decision has been made; settled; not open to question or change. to have for decided (in quot. 1439): †to regard as settled (obsolete).
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adjective]
wislyc1000
sickera1225
firm1377
unfailingc1400
decided1439
suredc1450
sure1470
infirmat1487
delivered1499
fast and sure1528
undeceivablea1535
undoubteda1535
certainc1540
true (also good, sure) as touch1590
constant1611
positivea1616
square1632
formal1635
unapocryphal1644
inconditional1646
inconditionate1654
undeceitful1673
unshakeable1677
unproblematic1683
unprecarious1688
unerring1697
safe1788
hard1791
unproblematical1792
decisive1800
dead-on1889
hands down1900
1439 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 355 (MED) The Kyng[es] original title to his said coroune and reme of France..Kyng Edward his gret aiel and the Kyng his fader..had for decided and undoutid.
1614 R. Harris Eng. Concord 232 This is a decided case among the Canonists.
1694 tr. E. Benoist Hist. Famous Edict of Nantes I. ix. 429 They did not disown the decided Doctrine.
1759 J. Crookshanks Reply 20 I, who am tolerably patient in doubting, have now a decided Opinion.
1790 Impartial Hist. War in Amer. 319 Such various accounts have been given..that it is difficult to form any decided opinion.
1899 Southwestern Reporter 50 444/1 Appealing, then, to the decided law and recognized authority.
1988 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 39 168 The probability of heads becomes P1 or P2 after the throw of the control coin, when the choice between the two other coins has become a decided matter.
2010 I. S. Dunn Searching for Molecular Solutions i. 5 If measured activity surpasses a decided threshold, these data identify the corresponding colony.
b. Distinct, definite; pronounced, noticeable. Also: outright, complete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adjective]
witterc1175
apert1340
clearc1380
plainc1395
apparentc1400
demonstrablea1425
demonstrate1509
sensible?1531
explicit1623
apodicticala1638
demonstrated1646
apodictic1652
flat1665
decided1757
distinct1828
1757 London Mag. Dec. 574/2 Merit is the only distinction, in which his unasserted, but confessed, and decided superiority, flatters a mind formed like his.
1795 Augusta Denbeigh III. xxxii. 3 You well remember..the decided preference she gave him.
1799 Lady's Mag. Sept. 400/1 A decided fool, or a decided rascal.
1858 C. Dickens Let. 25 Aug. (1995) VIII. 638 It was a most decided and complete success.
1879 O. N. Rood Mod. Chromatics xviii. 315 Decided greens are not admitted except in small touches.
1912 I. A. Hourwich Immigration & Labor iii. 70 The economic status of a people has a very decided effect upon the literacy rate.
1954 F. O'Connor Let. 12 Feb. in Habit of Being (1980) 67 I have developed a decided limp.
1993 PC Mag. 16 Mar. 268/1 All in all, this was a decided nuisance.
2012 Guardian (Nexis) 27 Feb. 11 Mahan had a decided advantage heading into the final.
2. Characterized by decision or determination; having or demonstrating a fixed resolve; determined, resolute; unhesitating.
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the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective]
stallc1275
unflichinga1340
adviseda1393
affirmed1440
constant1481
resolved1518
resolute1522
well-settled?1532
ratified1533
unbashed1536
bent1548
well-resolved1565
unabashed1571
determinate1587
undaunted1587
peremptory1589
confirmed1594
decretal1608
pight1608
intent1610
definitivea1616
unshrinkinga1616
naylessa1618
pitched1642
decisive1658
martyrly1659
certain1667
fell1667
decretory1674
martyrial1678
decretorian1679
invariable1696
unflinching1728
hell-bent1731
decided1767
determined1773
iron-headed1787
adamantine1788
unwincing1802
stick-at-nothing1805
adamant1816
hard-set1818
rock-like1833
bound1844
do-or-die1851
unbased1860
focused1888
capable de tout1899
purposive1903
go-for-broke1946
hard rock1947
take-no-shit1992
1767 E. Burke Let. 1 Aug. in Corr. (1958) I. 316 I never knew him talk in a more alert, firm and decided tone.
1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ ii. 17 They had taken a decided part in the great controversy.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 170 Henry Smith spoke out boldly, and in a decided voice.
1854 National Era 13 July 111 After quibbling, shuffling, prevaricating, and procrastinating, Austria has at length taken an open and decided stand in favor of the allies.
1947 P. Larkin Girl in Winter ii. iv. 126 Once she felt that her feet were no longer glued down and she could turn about as she pleased, it became much easier, and she drove them along in an ungainly but decided way.
1993 A. L. Kennedy Looking for Possible Dance 126 He never went near one [sc. a doctor], if he could help it... And you could never talk him round, he was very decided.
2008 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 14 Sept. b2 But it was the decided manner in which the Stamps disposed of the visitors that should be cause for concern.
3. That has made a decision; resolved.
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1785 Scots Mag. Sept. 435/1 He was decided now, and so should remain in his opinion.
1839 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VII. lii. 114 He found them vacillating, he left them decided.
1877 F. M. S. & L. E. O'R Sunlight through Shadows 27 She was asked if she meant Dora; but no, she was decided enough Dosa was to be her name, and none other.
1912 A. F. Calvert Sculpt. in Spain i. 6 For some centuries public taste was firmly decided in condemning statue colourisation.
2008 J. Blackburn Three of Us ix. 70 She is quite decided. She wants no treatment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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