decision
determination conclusion | the act of making up your mind about something, the burden of decision was his, he drew his conclusions quickly |
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 |
| 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 |
black olive
ripe olive | olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil |
administrator
decision maker | someone who administers a business |
advanced
ripe | far along in time, a man of advanced age, advanced in years, a ripe old age, the ripe age of |
| ripe | at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge, a ripe mind |
ripe
mature | fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used, ripe peaches, full-bodied mature wines |
good
right
ripe | most suitable or right for a particular purpose, a good time to plant tomatoes, the right time to act, the time is ripe for great sociological changes |
| ripe(p) | fully prepared or eager, the colonists were ripe for revolution |