decide on



decide (up)on someone or something

to choose someone or something; to make a judgment about some aspect of someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) Will you please hurry up and decide upon someone to vote for? I decided on chocolate.
See also: decide, on

decide on

or decide upon
v.
To choose something or someone after deliberation: We decided on green as the color for the nursery. I've decided upon the red shoes; you can put the black ones back.
See also: decide, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hortensia-Ancient Roman, Spanish
Waldron['wɔ:ldrən]
Katy['keiti]
Su-Binsoo-beenKorean
KriemhildKREEM-hilt (German)German, Germanic Mythology
Audamar-Ancient Germanic