🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

decisão

Pronunciation / Transliteration: de.siˈzɐ̃w

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Decision/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Esta é uma decisão importante."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A conclusion or resolution reached after consideration.

    "She made a difficult decision to leave her job."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'decision' originates from the Latin 'decisio', meaning 'a cutting off' or 'settling', which evolved through Old French before entering Middle English. Its meaning has shifted from a literal sense of cutting off options to the more abstract sense of making a choice or conclusion.

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