decision
determination conclusion | the act of making up your mind about something, the burden of decision was his, he drew his conclusions quickly |
reproduction
procreation
breeding
facts of life | the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
judgment
judgement
judicial decision | (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it |
final judgment
final decision | a judgment disposing of the case before the court, after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment |
| Bakke decision | a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action, the Court ruled in that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy |
decisiveness
decision | the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose, a man of unusual decisiveness |
decision making
deciding | the cognitive process of reaching a decision, a good executive must be good at decision making |
decision
determination
conclusion | a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration, a decision unfavorable to the opposition, his conclusion took the evidence into account, satisfied with the panel's determination |
reference book
reference reference work
book of facts | a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts, he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic |
| decision table | a table of all contingencies and the actions to be taken for each |
| decision | the outcome of a game or contest, the team dropped three decisions in a row |
| decision | (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred, had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent |
| split decision | a boxing decision in which the judges are not unanimous |
administrator
decision maker | someone who administers a business |
experimental data-based
observational | relying on observation or experiment, experimental results that supported the hypothesis |
| theory-based | based in theory rather than experiment, theory-based arguments and positions |
| based | having a base of operations (often used as a combining form), a locally based business, an Atlanta-based company, carrier-based planes |
| based | having a base, firmly based ice |