DECIDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decided mean? 

• DECIDED (adjective)
  The adjective DECIDED has 1 sense:

1. recognizable; marked

  Familiarity information: DECIDED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECIDED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recognizable; marked

Synonyms:

decided; distinct

Context example:

at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage

Similar:

definite (precise; explicit and clearly defined)

 Context examples 

He decided that he would describe to her many of the bits of South Sea beauty.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Even if they could send one, our fate will in all human probability be decided long before it could arrive in South America.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She had a decided mouth, a comical nose, and sharp, gray eyes, which appeared to see everything, and were by turns fierce, funny, or thoughtful.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

There was an unceremonious directness, a searching, decided steadfastness in his gaze now, which told that intention, and not diffidence, had hitherto kept it averted from the stranger.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The cheeks which had been pale now glowed, and the movements which had hesitated were decided.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

I was not wrong when I decided that his days had been spent on the sea.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

They were viewing the country with the eyes of persons accustomed to drawing, and decided on its capability of being formed into pictures, with all the eagerness of real taste.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

His sisters were fine women, with an air of decided fashion.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

And when, in addition to this, the worn-out huskies pulled weakly, Hal decided that the orthodox ration was too small.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

We took my aunt into our counsels in the afternoon; but our only decided conclusion was, that we would be very punctual in keeping Mr. Micawber's appointment.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)