See also décider
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Decider ({{{1}}})
- (of a controversy, question, etc) A person, divinity, or authoritative text which decides.
- 1667, anon., "George Fox digg'd out of his burrowes, or An offer of disputation on fourteen proposalls...". John Foster, Boston, pp. 89-90.
- This written and revealed will of God I said was the Judge and Decider of all Questions.
- 1758, Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer, The grants, concessions, and original constitutions of the province of New-Jersey, Philadelphia, p. 680.
- The Determination of his Majesty, who is the only proper decider of this Matter."
- 1885, Friedrich Delitzsch, "General Notes: The Religion of the Kassites," Hebraica, vol 1 no 3 (Jan), p. 190.
- The god Adar, which, with its two oft-occurring idiographs Bar and Nin-ib, is preferably designated as the "Decider" (Entschneider).
- 1967, David P. Gauthier, "How Decisions are Caused," The Journal of Philosophy, vol 64 no 5, 15 Mar, p. 151.
- Although the decider may know any of the principles in the sequence, he cannot know every such principle.
- 2006, George W. Bush, White House press conference, Washington, DC, 18 Apr.
- I'm the decider, and I decide what is best.
- 1667, anon., "George Fox digg'd out of his burrowes, or An offer of disputation on fourteen proposalls...". John Foster, Boston, pp. 89-90.
- (chiefly British, sport) An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.
- 2007 (Action), Liverpool show of unity recalls old magic Guardian Sport, 22 Feb.
- . . . when the Welshman laid on the 74th-minute decider.
- 2007 (Event), France aim to end four years of regret with seven-week sacrifice, Guardian Sport, 10 Feb.
- France will meet Ireland again in the probable decider for their World Cup pool.
- 2007 (Action), Liverpool show of unity recalls old magic Guardian Sport, 22 Feb.
- (computing) A Turing machine that halts regardless of its input.
References[]
- decider in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Anagrams[]
- cddeeir,
- decried
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