Words Related to Decision, Suggestion, and Obligation

Words Related to Decision, Suggestion, and Obligation - Making a Decision 5

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Here you will learn some English words related to making a decision, such as "quorate", "retreat", and "ruling".
quorateadjective

(of a meeting) having enough members present to conduct business or to make official decisions by voting

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quorumnoun

the minimum number of people that must be present for a meeting to officially begin or for decisions to be made

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to railroadverb

to unfairly compel someone or a group of people to to accept something such as a decision, rule, etc. quickly

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to reconsiderverb

to think again about an opinion or decision, particularly to see if it needs changing or not

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reconsiderationnoun

the act of thinking about an opinion or decision again, especially with an intention to change it

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to remit toverb

(usually passive) to send a matter to someone of an authority so that it can be dealt with

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resolutionnoun

a serious decision to behave or not to behave in a certain way or to do or not to do something particular

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to resolveverb

to make a decision with determination

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to retreatverb

to allow people's negative comments and criticisms change one's mind about something

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retreatnoun

an act of changing one's mind about something because of people's negative comments and criticisms

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to return a verdictphrase

to declare someone guilty or innocent in a court of law

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to reverseverb

(law) to alter a previous decision, judgment, etc. to the contrary one

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rowbacknoun

the act of changing an earlier promise, decision, or statement so that it becomes entirely different

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to rubberstampverb

to officially approve something such as a decision, resolution, etc. without proper consideration

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rubber stampnoun

a person or organization that automatically approves or authorizes a plan, decision, etc. without considering it properly

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to cross the Rubiconphrase

to irrevocably make a decision or to take an action with consequences

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to ruleverb

to make an official decision about something

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rulingnoun

a decision made by someone with official power, particularly a judge

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saynoun

the right or chance to give an opinion about something

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to settle onverb

to decide or choose something after considering all possible alternatives

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to sleep onverb

to refrain from making a decision by postponing it until the next day

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spoilt for choicephrase

unable to choose because there are a lot of choices

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straightadjective

(of a choice or competition) obvious and only involving two things or people

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to [take] a chancephrase

to undertake an action even though one might fail

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to [take] {sth} into accountphrase

to consider something when trying to make a judgment or decision

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to [take] {sth} into considerationphrase

to give thought to a certain fact before making a decision

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to [take] {sth} under advisementphrase

to give something adequate amount of thought and consideration before making a decision or forming an opinion about it

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tastenoun

the ability to recognize something with good quality or high standard, especially in art, style, beauty, etc.

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that's thatphrase

used to express that one's decision is definite and cannot be changed

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the lesser of two evilsphrase

a choice or option that seems less harmful or unpleasant out of two that one is confronted with

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to think oververb

to consider a matter carefully before reaching a decision

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to [think] twicephrase

to think about something very carefully before doing it

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toss-upnoun

an unclear situation that either of two possibilities have an equal chance of happening

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toughienoun

a severely difficult situation, problem, or question

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unanimous
unanimousadjective

(of a group) fully in agreement on something

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undecidedadjective

not yet made a decision or come to a judgment

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to upholdverb

(particularly of a law court) to state that a previous decision is correct

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verdict
verdictnoun

an official decision made by the jury in a court after the legal proceedings

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versuspreposition

used to compare or to show contrast between two choices, decisions, etc.

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vetonoun

refusal of or disagreement with something

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volitionnoun

the faculty to use free will and make decisions

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vote
votenoun

an official choice made by an individual or a group of people in a meeting or election

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to voteverb

to formally express one's preference to choose someone for a particular position

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to waververb

to hold back and hesitate due to uncertainty

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waverernoun

one who is incapable of making any decisions due to fear or uncertainty, particularly in an election

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to weigh
to weighverb

to consider all the possible outcomes and different aspects of something before making a definite decision

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when push [come] to shovephrase

used when a situation reaches a critical point and one must take action in order to deal with it

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whetherconjunction

used to talk about a doubt or choice when facing two options

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