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countable and uncountable, plural decisions
The act of deciding. examples
A choice or judgement. quotations examples
The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10
(uncountable) Firmness of conviction. examples
(chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest. examples
(baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher. examples
third-person singular simple present decisions, present participle decisioning, simple past and past participle decisioned
(boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout examples