decides

VERB

make a determination; settle an issue

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agree choose conclude determine elect end establish resolve rule select set vote

STRONG

adjudge adjudicate award cinch clinch conjecture decree figure gather guess judge mediate opt pick poll purpose surmise tap will

WEAK

arrive at conclusion call shots cast the die come to agreement come to conclusion come to decision commit oneself draw a conclusion fix upon form opinion go down line have final word make a decision make up mind reach decision take a stand

Antonyms

STRONGEST

begin commence refuse start unsettle waver

STRONG

grow plant

WEAK

defer delay hesitate postpone procrastinate put off wait

Example Sentences

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Given these results, the researchers designed an innovative strategy to trick the Poly-GR dipeptides and reduce their toxicity.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

They created a trap, a molecule that mimicked the specific rRNA sequence to which Poly-GR dipeptides bin during the pathological process, in order to avoid the neurotoxic effects of this binding.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

In these patients, dipeptides with a large number of positive charges are generated and they provoke highly toxic effects on motor neurons.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

In the first part of the study, the researchers combined computational and experimental techniques to improve the molecular understanding of these dipeptides and how they produce this pathological process.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

Just milliseconds later, when the molecules pinged the mass spectrometer, they had formed chemical bonds called dipeptides.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2022