decisions
Calls you make
Decisions are choices made after consideration.
The word emphasizes the act of settling on one option among alternatives: We need to make a decision by Friday.
A decision can be formal and binding—a court decision, a business decision—or personal and everyday: Her decision to move surprised everyone.
To reach a decision implies deliberation; to hand down a decision implies authority.
Act of selecting
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- alternativesOther available options
- selectionChosen item or items
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
pick · volition · deliberation · consideration · discernment · weighing · evaluation · judgment
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
conclusion · finalization · closure · commitment · resolve · firmness · consensus · agreement
Forced choice between undesirables
- quandaryState of perplexity
- predicamentDifficult, unpleasant situation
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
ambivalence · hesitation · conflict · paralysis · impasse · vacillation · wavering · torn
Final results achieved
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- effectsConsequences or belongings
- impactsForceful contacts or influences
- repercussionsIndirect results of actions
ramifications · aftermath · fallout · implications · payoff · upshot · fate · destiny
Arranging for future events
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- contingencyUncertain possible event
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
cost-benefit · tactics · calculation · prioritization · allocation · maneuvering · leverage · negotiation
choice
Act of selecting
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- alternativesOther available options
- selectionChosen item or items
preference · pick · volition · deliberation · consideration · discernment · weighing · evaluation · judgment · autonomy
verdict
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
judgment · conclusion · finalization · closure · commitment · resolve · firmness · consensus · agreement · accord
dilemma
Forced choice between undesirables
- quandaryState of perplexity
- predicamentDifficult, unpleasant situation
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
uncertainty · ambivalence · hesitation · conflict · paralysis · impasse · vacillation · wavering · torn · perplexity
outcomes
Final results achieved
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- effectsConsequences or belongings
- impactsForceful contacts or influences
repercussions · ramifications · aftermath · fallout · implications · payoff · upshot · fate · destiny · blowback
planning
Arranging for future events
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- contingencyUncertain possible event
optimization · cost-benefit · tactics · calculation · prioritization · allocation · maneuvering · leverage · negotiation · policy-making
- biographybirth, death date, autobiography, life story, biography
- boardroomconference table, board members, chairman, chairperson, directors
- family meeting topicsagenda, minutes, voting, discussions, rules
- personal concernspriorities, values, goals, beliefs, needs
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
decisionsindecision
Failure to decide
indecisiveness · indecisions · hesitation · vacillation · dithering
decisionsinaction
Deliberate nonmovement
passivity · drift · inertia · defaults · acquiescence
decisionsaccidents
Unintended harmful occurrences
chance · randomness · happenstance · coincidences · luck
- make a decisionSelect among options
- bad decisionPoor judgment call
- final decisionIrreversible ruling or choice
- decision makingChoosing a course of action
- snap decisionInstant, unreflective determination
- split decisionNon-unanimous judicial outcome
decision, indecision, decision-making, decision fatigue, nondecision, decision tree, decisionmakers, decisionmaker