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单词 decider
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decidern.

Brit. /dᵻˈsʌɪdə/, U.S. /dəˈsaɪdər/, /diˈsaɪdər/
Forms: see decide v.1 and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: decide v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < decide v.1 + -er suffix1.
1. A person who decides; esp. one who resolves or decides the outcome of a controversy, question, etc.; a judge; an arbiter.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [noun] > one who arbitrates
arbitrer1382
judge1385
umpire?c1400
overman1424
arbitrator1426
oversman1492
daysman1530
referendary1546
arbiter1548
referee1549
moderator1556
awarder1561
deciser1563
decider?1568
decisor1569
settler1598
disceptator1623
umpirer1650
referrer1661
?1568 J. Old tr. T. de Bèze in Conf. Fayth sig. Bviiiv I demaunde this question: which one chiefly, or whome of al these Fathers, they wil haue for the iudges & desciders of these controuersies that are at this daye emongst vs?
1641 J. Taylor Relig. Enemies 5 The Lawyer is to be reverenced and esteem'd for he is (or should be)..a true and impartiall Decider and Judger of all matters of debate and controversies amongst men.
1709 A. Hill Full Acct. Ottoman Empire iii. 16 The Subject is depriv'd of that indulgent Liberty we tast in Britain, and sometimes Sacrific'd to the mercenary Interest of a brib'd Decider.
1764 S. Foote Patron i. 3 The paragon of poets, decider on merit, chief justice of taste.
1802 J. Wolcot Great Cry & Little Wool ix. ii A certain Law Lord of our days, A great un-deciding decider.
1862 S. Wilberforce Let. in R. G. Wilberforce Life S. Wilberforce (1882) III. 106 The..danger of having..the Irish Bishops made the actual deciders of our doctrine.
1906 New Jersey Law Jrnl. 29 197 He was essentially a decider, not a mere debater.
2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 July a23/3 Rabbi Elyashiv..was known as an eminent posek—a decider of Jewish law.
2.
a. A thing which has a controlling influence on the outcome of a contest, dispute, etc.
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1592 W. Wyrley True Vse Armorie 23 All these things being therefore by the Scriptures of God, and decider of all controuersies, prooued and declared.
1679 W. Bedloe Excommunicated Prince iii. ii. 24 Our Reason, not blind Sense, Must be Decider of this Mystery.
1759 Edinb. Mag. May 228/2 This stricture [sc. reason] was appointed by God, as the second cause of all his [sc. Adam's] knowledge; and as the decider of all truth: whereby all other revelations and discoveries of God were to be tried.
1845 W. J. Fox Lect. to Working Classes I. xii. 205 Impulse would necessarily be the decider of his conduct.
1907 E. A. Jelf Where to Find Your Law xlix. 367 War..breaks down as a decider of the quarrels of States just where duelling broke down as a decider of the quarrels of subjects.
1999 Marketing 10 June 20 The very survival of a marque [sc. Rover] hangs in the balance. The decider of its fate is the new Rover 75.
2009 Irish Times 14 Oct. 21/2 The consumer price index..was ‘not necessarily the decider of where welfare should be’, Dr Barrett said.
b. Sport. A final race or heat that decides the winner of a contest, esp. an extra one run for that purpose, as after a dead heat; (also) a game, goal, point, etc., that decides the outcome of a contest or series of contests. In early use chiefly in Horse Racing and Coursing.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > types of race
quarter-mile1611
dead1635
diaulos1706
quarter1779
dead heat1796
match race1804
dash1836
sprint race1836
mile1851
road race1852
time trial1857
decider1858
all-ages1864
rough-up1864
hippodrome1867
distance running1868
team race1869
run-off1873
relay race1878
walk-away1879
title race1905
tortoise race1913
procession1937
stage1943
pace1968
prologue1973
1858 New Sporting Mag. Dec. 374 In the sixth course Betsy by Barrator was put out by Highwayman..to whom the bye dog Platt by Judge had to bow in the decider.
1887 Daily News 8 June 6/5 This pair ran a dead heat last year..and in the decider Button Park proved..the better.
1895 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 25 Feb. 7/4 Potts, with a capital shot, scored the decider.
1945 Lubbock (Texas) Morning Avalanche 23 Feb. 6/4 The decider of a three-game series between the two schools.
1973 P. Arnold & C. Davis Hamlyn Bk. World Soccer 134/1 Hungary scored first, but Allchurch struck a thunderous volley to equalize and then Grosics gave away the decider.
1986 Times 1 Aug. 29/7 It looked like a decider would have to be staged.
2014 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Mar. 40 The first three horses home in each heat plus the next four fastest heat performers all earn a place in tonight's $300,000 decider.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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