Tra từ decide - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

de·cide [decide decides decided deciding] BrE [dɪˈsaɪd] NAmE [dɪˈsaɪd] verb
1. intransitive, transitive to think carefully about the different possibilities that are available and choose one of them
• It's up to you to decide.
• I can't tell you what to do— you'll have to decide for yourself.
•~ between A and B It was difficult to decide between the two candidates.
•~ against sth They decided against taking legal action.
•~ what, whether, etc… I can't decide what to wear.
•She couldn't decide whether he was telling the truth or not.
•~ (that)… She decided (that) she wanted to live in France.
•~ to do sth We've decided not to go away after all.
•Why did you decide to look for a new job?
•~ sth We might be hiring more people but nothing has been decided yet.
•it is decided (that)… It was decided (that) the school should purchase new software.
2. transitive, intransitive (law)to make an official or legal judgement
•~ sth The case will be decided by a jury.
•~ for/in favour of sb | ~ in sb's favour The Appeal Court decided in their favour.
•~ against sb It is always possible that the judge may decide against you.
3. transitive, intransitive to affect the result of sth
•~ (sth) A mixture of skill and good luck decided the outcome of the game.
•~ if, whether, etc… A number of factors decide whether a movie will be successful or not.
4. transitive to be the reason why sb does sth
•For most customers, price is the deciding factor.
•~ sb (to do sth) They offered me free accommodation for a year, and that decided me.
Derived: ↑decide on something
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘bring to a settlement’): from French décider, from Latin decidere ‘determine’, from de- ‘off’ + caedere ‘cut’.

Thesaurus:
decide verb I, T
•They have decided to take legal action.
choose • • make up your mind/make your mind up • • opt • • select • |informal pick • |formal determine • • elect • • resolve •
decide/determine/resolve on sth
decide/choose/select/pick between A and/or B
decide/choose/make up you mind/opt/determine/elect/resolve to do sth
decide/determine/resolve that…
decide/choose/make up your mind whether/what/how…

Word Family:
decide verb
decision noun (≠ indecision)
decisive adjective (≠ indecisive)
undecided adjective

Synonyms:
cheat
fool • deceive • betray • take in • trick • con
These words all mean to make sb believe sth that is not true, especially in order to get what you want.
cheat • to make sb believe sth that is not true, in order to get money or sth else from them: ▪ She is accused of attempting to cheat the taxman. ◇ ▪ He cheated his way into the job.
Cheat also means to act in a dishonest way in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game, competition or exam: ▪ You're not allowed to look at the answers— ▪ that's cheating ▪.
fool • to make sb believe sth that is not true, especially in order to laugh at them or to get what you want: ▪ Just don't be fooled into investing any money with them.
deceive • to make sb believe sth that is not true, especially sb who trusts you, in order to get what you want: ▪ She deceived him into handing over all his savings.
betray • to hurt sb who trusts you, especially by deceiving them or not being loyal to them: ▪ She felt betrayed when she found out the truth about him.
take sb in • [often passive] to deceive sb, usually in order to get what you want: ▪ I was taken in by her story.
trick • to deceive sb, especially in a clever way, in order to get what you want.
con • (informal) to deceive sb, especially in order to get money from them or get them to do sth for you: ▪ They had been conned out of £100 000.
which word?
Many of these words involve making sb believe sth that is not true, but some of them are more disapproving than others. Deceive is probably the worst because people typically deceive friends, relations and others who know and trust them. People may feel cheated/betrayed by sb in authority who they trusted to look after their interests. If sb takes you in, they may do it by acting a part and using words and charm effectively. If sb cheats/fools/tricks/cons you, they may get sth from you and make you feel stupid. However, sb might fool you just as a joke; and to trick sb is sometimes seen as a clever thing to do, if the person being tricked is seen as a bad person who deserves it.
to cheat/fool/trick/con sb out of sth
to cheat/fool/deceive/betray/trick/con sb into doing sth
to feel cheated/fooled/deceived/betrayed/tricked/conned
to fool/deceive yourself
to cheat/trick/con your way into sth

Example Bank:
•I can't decide what to do.
•It was difficult to decide between the various options.
•She should be allowed to decide for herself.
•The committee will have the task of deciding whether more cash should be made available.
•The exact time of the meeting is still to be decided.
•They decided against taking legal action
•They decided in favour of reducing the fees.
•They had unanimously decided to go with the captain's plan.
•We finally decided to stay where we were.
•We've reluctantly decided to sell the house.
•You will have to decide soon.
•He challenged her right as governor to decide on the matter.
•I can't tell you what to do— you'll have to decide for yourself.
•In the end, price was the deciding factor.
•It's time to decide whether you want to continue.
•It's up to you to decide.
•That decided it for me: I wasn't carrying my bike back up those stairs.
•We might be hiring new people but nothing has been decided yet.
•We've decided not to go away after all.
•You choose— I can't decide.