noun · neutral
decision
/dɪˈsɪʒən/de·CI·sion
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a choice or judgment reached after consideration
Examples
“After a long discussion, the committee made a difficult decision.”
“She regretted her decision to quit the job.”
“It's important to base your decision on facts.”
Band 8 sentence
“After weighing the economic and social evidence, the council's decision to postpone construction was entirely justified.”
Collocations
- make a decision
- reach/come to a decision
- final decision
Word family
decide verbdecision noundecisive adjectivedecisively adverb
Common mistakes
make decision→make a decision
decide→decision
Say it for a higher band
5choice→6judgement→7+decision
Synonyms
choice
judgment
Easily confused
choice
“She made her choice quickly, but the board's decision took weeks.”
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In -tion / -sion
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