call
/ˈkɔɫ/
nouna choice made or a judgment reached after considering several possibilities
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1. This is called 'Trooping the Colour'.
2. So, he calls and apparently this woman never got a reply.
3. What we call behavior is the cognitive inhibition on a biochemical drive.
4. His attorney called the charges wholly without merit.
5. A male baby horse is called a colt.
to change one's mind
/tʃˈeɪndʒ wˈʌnz mˈaɪnd/
phraseto change one's opinion or decision regarding something
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1. They argued for a long time, and then Mr Edwards said, 'Well, I can't make you change your mind, and you can't make me change mine, so let's have an agreement: I won't vote for the Labour Party, and you won't vote for the Conservative Party.
2. Whether it’s because I don't feel like it's relevant or because I've just changed my mind, which is normal.
3. and I changed my mind
4. I'm not sure if that would have, if working with deaf people would have changed his mind because he was already working with disabled people and still won't make his content accessible and from what I've been told, people have been trying to get him to make his content accessible and it was either ignored entirely or people have actually been told no but don't quote me but that's what I remember from my memory
5. You weren't gonna change my mind.
choice
/ˈtʃɔɪs/
nounan act of deciding to choose between two things or more
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1. It wasn’t an ideal material as it was brittle, but George considered it the best choice available.
2. Some children in armed conflicts demonstrate choice in their involvement.
3. Choices matter!
4. Our fifth on the list is prompted choice.
5. Choices scared them.
to choose
/ˈtʃuz/
verbto decide what we want to have or what is best for us from a group of options
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1. Your senate was chosen from among the Patrician class.
2. Your opponent chooses the items.
3. Your opponent chooses which substance.
4. Your opponent chooses which substance.
5. Your opponent chooses the substance.
to come down on one side of the fence or the other
/kˈʌm dˌaʊn ˌɑːn wˈʌn sˈaɪd ʌvðə fˈɛns ɔːɹ ðɪ ˈʌðɚ/
phraseto decide between two possible alternatives or choices that one has
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to commit
/kəˈmɪt/
verbto state that one is bound to do something specific
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1. And his wife committed suicide.
2. My own father committed suicide here on the property.
3. - Commit a hit.
4. The other robot commits suicide.
5. A thousand farmers of India a couple of weeks ago committed mass suicide.
to consider
/kənˈsɪdɝ/
verbto think carefully about a possibility or before making a decision
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1. Hence Muybridge is considered to have been a crucial figure in the development of movies.
2. It wasn’t an ideal material as it was brittle, but George considered it the best choice available.
3. Beforehand, consider alternatives like niacin, bile acid resins, and fibrates.
4. With the Olympic champions, the world champions considered the fastest human beings on the planet.
5. Have you guys ever considered divorce?
consultation
/ˌkɑnsəɫˈteɪʃən/
nounthe act or process of discussing something with a person or a group of people
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1. The consultation went on all day.
2. We do individual research consultations.
3. Rehab counselors also provide consultation for legal issues around the impact of injuries on work activities.
4. You probably have a consultation.
5. They also required less consultation.
to contest
/ˈkɑntɛst/, /kənˈtɛst/
verbto formally oppose or challenge a decision or a statement
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1. The symbiotic relationship between campaign finance and lobbying is often contested.
2. Narrator: The future of George Floyd Square is contested.
3. Those arrests are rarely contested.
4. Elections in Haiti are always contested.
5. No contest your honor.
criterion
/kɹaɪˈtɪɹiən/
nouna principle or standard by which something is judged or decided
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1. So what locations meet these criteria?
2. Here's the criteria.
3. So your stylus has to have at least two criteria.
4. Flexibly, here are the criteria.
5. You have criteria.
to decide
/ˌdɪˈsaɪd/
verbto think carefully about different things and choose one of them
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1. The team must also decide if the focus will be on domestic sales or if the baby food will be exported to foreign countries.
2. One day they decided to play a joke on their professor.
3. In 1947 Franco announced a referendum to let the Spanish people decide.
4. Okay guys, the final round will decide.
5. You guys decide?
decision
/dɪˈsɪʒən/
nounthe act of reaching a choice or judgement after careful consideration
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1. Make decisions.
2. Take decisions.
3. Most people never make decisions.
4. Make decisions, very fast.
5. Decisions reshape the brain.
decision maker
/dᵻsˈɪʒən mˈeɪkɚ/
nouna person who makes important decisions in a large organization
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1. This is a good thing, since human beings are not perfectly designed decision makers.
2. Who are the decision makers behind public art?
3. Second question, are you the decision maker?
4. Is that the relevant decision maker in this case?
5. You've got interveners or decision makers all along the doctor element.
decision theory
/dᵻsˈɪʒən θˈiəɹi/
noun(mathematics) the study about making the best choice out of available alternatives while considering all the risks and benefits
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1. And to do that, I'm going to tell you about a framework which is very popular in statistics and machine learning of the last 50 years called Bayesian decision theory.
2. And the point about Bayesian decision theory is it gives you the mathematics of the optimal way to combine your prior knowledge with your sensory evidence to generate new beliefs.
3. And there is a tradition, in the contemporary decision theory literature, to use this metaphor of Ulysses and the sirens, Odysseus and the sirens depending which translation you use of the name, to think about strategies for self-regulation.
decree
/dɪˈkɹi/
nounan official authoritative decision or judgment, especially one made by a government or the ruler of a country
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1. And that leader has a decree.
2. He decrees the murder of all newborn Israelite males at the hands of Egyptian midwives.
3. It will decree the destruction of all of these altars and high places.
4. He promulgates decrees as czar about daily life.
5. The Law of Vibration decrees everything moves.
to decree
/dɪˈkɹi/
verbto make an official judgment, decision, or order
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1. And that leader has a decree.
2. He decrees the murder of all newborn Israelite males at the hands of Egyptian midwives.
3. It will decree the destruction of all of these altars and high places.
4. He promulgates decrees as czar about daily life.
5. The Law of Vibration decrees everything moves.
default
/dɪˈfɔɫt/
nouna predefined option based on which a computer or other device performs a particular task unless it is changed
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1. Use the defaults.
2. They defaulted.
3. So by default, Freckles wins this round.
4. By default, this look highlights your eyes.
5. The busy bandwagon defaults to endless tasks, the infinity pools defaults to endless distraction.
delegate
/ˈdɛɫəˌɡeɪt/, /ˈdɛɫəɡət/
nounsomeone who is chosen as a representative of a particular community at a conference, meeting, etc.
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1. So ultimately twelve states sent delegates to the Federal Convention.
2. So twelve states sent delegates to the Federal Convention.
3. Many delegates favored much longer terms for senators.
4. In South Carolina, the governor chose the delegates.
5. Delegate the initial investment.
to deliberate
/dɪˈɫɪbɝˌeɪt/, /dɪˈɫɪbɝət/, /dɪˈɫɪbɹət/
verbto think carefully about something and consider it before making a decision
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1. We deliberate.
2. You know, this idea of recognition of self mortality, deliberate body disposal.
3. Sometimes this bias is very deliberate.
4. So the juxtaposition of the house of the king and the house of the deity on Mount Zion was quite deliberate.
5. - Deliberating amongst ourselves.
determined
/dɪˈtɝmənd/
adjectivenot changing one's decision to do something despite opposition
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1. My mother, if nothing, is a determined woman.
2. You're very determined.
3. This guy is so determined.
4. The determined group makes a bee-line, Straight towards the calls and the oblivious misfit.
5. It's very determined.
to go back on
/ɡˌoʊ bˈæk ˈɑːn/
verbto fail to do as one promised or agreed
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1. Then this guy goes back on.
2. Now the heat can go back on.
3. Any excess onions go back on top.
4. And the sunglasses go back on.
5. Your cage is going back on. -
dilemma
/dɪˈɫɛmə/
nouna situation that is difficult because a choice must be made between two or more options that are equally important
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1. The dilemma is having only two options.
2. The classic example is the prisoner's dilemma.
3. Lick daddy has a dilemma.
4. Consider their dilemma.
5. Advico Y&R agency in Switzerland faced a dilemma.
dissent
/dɪˈsɛnt/
noun(law) refusal to be bound by a decision or opinion that is contrary to one's beliefs or judgment
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1. RBG's dissent reflected not just a close study and deep knowledge of anti-discrimination statutes and precedent.
2. He dissented.
3. Well, different dissents serve different functions.
4. And then different dissents serve different purposes.
5. Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor dissented.
on second thoughts
/ˌɑːn sˈɛkənd θˈɔːts/
phraseused to state that one has adopted a different opinion after rethinking or reconsidering something
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1. 'On second thoughts, give me that back.
2. On second thoughts, this is too boring.
3. On second thoughts, I might try the fish.
4. On second thoughts, let's just go there now.
5. Actually, on second thoughts I'd love a beer!
to drag one's (feet / heels)
/dɹˈæɡ wˈʌnz fˈiːt hˈiːlz/
phraseto purposefully act slowly
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1. And I'm dragging my feet.
2. And unfortunately, they have dragged their feet on offering solutions for renters that remotely meet the scale of this crisis.
3. Meaning, instead of telling you how they feel or what they wanted, They just forget to put that check in the mail, Or drag their feet until we're too late to make it to that event.
4. Well, if I don't know how to communicate that to him directly, I could drag my feet, make us super late, Or forget to pick up the dry cleaning like I said I would.
5. Which sounds promising, as if it meant do this quickly, But in fact, many states interpreted to drag their feet and go as slowly as possible.