单词 | decider |
释义 | decidern. 1. A person who decides; esp. one who resolves or decides the outcome of a controversy, question, etc.; a judge; an arbiter. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.?1568 |
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