Get to know Decides better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Decides meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of decide
Using Decides
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of decide
- In the example corpus, decides often appears in combinations such as: decides to, he decides, and decides.
Context around Decides
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 16 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Decides
- In this selection, "decides" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, congress, lynch, shanahan and federal stand out and add context to how "decides" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include algorithm that decides a non and alice kat decides it s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "decides" sits close to words such as anybody, matching and triggered, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with decides
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After Wesley does some soul-searching, he decides to resign from Starfleet. (12 words)
Lynch decides on players on the roster and Shanahan decides who starts and plays. (14 words)
After he kidnaps Michonne, he decides to set her free and confront the Governor himself. (15 words)
A case management hearing first outlines a plan, including how much evidence will need to be gathered and by when, and decides whether the child needs to be removed while proceedings are ongoing. (33 words)
And the orders are increasingly geared towards in-flight connectivity; if a single major competitor decides to enter this vertical forcefully, the risk of Gilat facing serious difficulties is very high. (31 words)
After a monster kills one of his colony members, Joel decides to leave the bunker and go on a quest to find his old girlfriend, Aimee (Jessica Henwick). (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
It’s important to remember this: Congress decides federal spending and therefore decides whether to fund or defund a federal program such as public service loan forgiveness.
Lynch decides on players on the roster and Shanahan decides who starts and plays.
Formal proof If we have an algorithm that decides a non-trivial property, we can construct a Turing machine that decides the halting problem.
When Prometheus decides to steal the secret of fire from the gods, Zeus becomes infuriated and decides to punish humankind with an "evil thing for their delight".
A case management hearing first outlines a plan, including how much evidence will need to be gathered and by when, and decides whether the child needs to be removed while proceedings are ongoing.
After a monster kills one of his colony members, Joel decides to leave the bunker and go on a quest to find his old girlfriend, Aimee (Jessica Henwick).
After coming across a scam involving fake credit cards, she decides to go deeper into this underground criminal world.
After discovering the truth surrounding the Obelisk and his family, he decides to be a transcendent who destroys the Obelisk.
After he kidnaps Michonne, he decides to set her free and confront the Governor himself.
After her ex proves to be completely useless in disciplining Alice, Kat decides it’s time for a new start.
After many other failed attempts to try and solve the ailment afflicting Regan, her superstitious mother decides to call a priest out of desperation.
After one of the men tries to rape her, she decides to take revenge, killing her attacker with a razor blade.
After Sir Roel defeats the Demon King, the villain decides to use his last breath to turn Sir Roel into a woman.
After surviving a violent struggle with a deranged Edna, Kay decides to go back inside the house.
After Wesley does some soul-searching, he decides to resign from Starfleet.
A judge will have full discretion when he ultimately decides the length of Taylor’s sentence.
All the fancy endeavour from Ireland has been smashed on the rocks of Italy’s solid performance, so Byrne decides it’s time to take some points.
And I’m developing my own projects, and I’m hoping that someone decides to fund them.
And in case he decides to go to the apex court, he can file a contempt petition,” said a government functionary.
And the orders are increasingly geared towards in-flight connectivity; if a single major competitor decides to enter this vertical forcefully, the risk of Gilat facing serious difficulties is very high.
Common combinations with decides
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- decides to 133×
- he decides 22×
- and decides 15×
- who decides 13×
- she decides 11×
- decides the 10×
- that decides 9×
- decides on 7×
- decides whether 6×
- decides it 5×