What is the meaning of deciding?

noun

• The cognitive process of reaching a decision.
  • usage: "a good executive must be good at decision making"
  • synonyms: decision making

verb

• Reach, make, or come to a decision about something.
  • usage: "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
  • synonyms: decide, make up one's mind, determine
• Bring to an end; settle conclusively.
  • usage: "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
  • synonyms: decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
• Cause to decide.
  • usage: "This new development finally decided me"
  • synonyms: decide
• Influence or determine.
  • usage: "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"
  • synonyms: decide

adjective

• Having the power or quality of deciding.
  • usage: "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"
  • synonyms: determinant, determinative, determining