decide

decide /dÇ'saÇd/ v

၁။ (က) ~ (between sth/sb) ;
~ (on/ against sth/sb)
ဆုံးဖြတ်သည်။ ရွေးချယ်သည်။
With so much choice, it's hard to decide (what to buy). ❍ It's difficult to decide between the two. ❍ After seeing all the candidates we've decided on (ie chosen) this one. ❍ decide against changing one's job ❍ It has been decided that the book should be revised. ❍ She decided not to go alone.
(ခ) ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်ချသည်။ စီရင်ချက်ချသည်။
The judge will decide (the case) tomorrow. ❍ Her argument decided the issue in his favour. ❍ The judge decided for/against the plaintiff.
၂။ (ဖြစ်ရပ်၊ လုပ်ရပ် စသည်ကို) အဆုံးအဖြတ်ပေးသည်။
I wanted to be a painter, but circumstances decided otherwise (ie forced me to be something else). ❍ A chance meeting decided my career. ❍ This last game will decide who is to be champion. ❍ The higher salary was the deciding factor.
၃။ ဆုံးဖြတ်စေသည်။ အဆုံးအဖြတ်ပေးသည်။ What finally decided you against it? ❍ That decided me to leave my job.
❏ decided adj
၁။ တိကျပြတ်သားသော။ ထင်ရှားသော။
a person of decided views ❍ He walks with a decided limp.
၂။ ~ (about sth) သန္နိဋ္ဌာန် ချထားသော။ စိတ်ပိုင်းဖြတ် ထားသော။
He won't go: he's really decided about it.
❏ decidedly adv ပြတ်သားစွာ။ သေချာစွာ။ တကယ်။ I feel decidedly unwell this morning.
❏ decider n သရေပွဲကို အဆုံးအဖြတ်ပေးမည့် ပြိုင်ပွဲ။