| Noun | 1. | deciding - the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making" officiating, officiation, refereeing, umpirage - the act of umpiring; "the officiating was excellent" higher cognitive process - cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use determination - deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature; "the determination of grammatical inflections" eclectic method, eclecticism - making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style groupthink - decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility) closure, resolution, settlement - something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" change of mind, flip-flop, turnabout, turnaround, reversal - a decision to reverse an earlier decision alternative, option, choice - one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse" |
| Adj. | 1. | deciding - having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" decisive - determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence" |