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decide

A1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /dɪˈsaɪd/US /dɪˈsaɪd/
verb

to think carefully about the different possibilities that are available and choose one of them

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My biological mother was a young, unwed graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption.

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