to choose someone or something from a number of possible choices
A panel of experts will decide on two weekly winners.
At the former you can browse, ask general questions, and collect information to help you to decide on your career and possible employers.
CAN'T decide on a career?
City planners will begin discussing the proposals today and have two months to decide on a refusal or approval.
Decide on something you would like to do and use it as an incentive to meet people you have something in common with.
Hardly anybody attends when it has something to decide on.
He was discharged from the army in 1947 and decided on a career in medical research.
He worked at a grocery store before deciding on a career change in his mid-thirties, then went to university and ended up working as a teacher librarian.
How did you decide on a career in music?
In the end we decided on two purchases, both in the property and construction sector.
It also took six years to decide on the colour of a stair carpet so vast that it was a significant commitment.
It seems wrong she cannot decide on something far more relevant to her future - whether she can make a baby with his sperm.
It's tough being a sprinter when your whole year is decided on one day.
JANUARY is the peak time for deciding on a career change - but consider the legal implications.
Pity the poor folk who have to decide on this year 's awards for best actress.
So I want the two of you to go into a room and decide on something unanimous.
Stamford (right) decided on a career in fatigues after she enjoyed combined cadet force at secondary school.
The case is expected to run until the end of next week, with the jury then taking about two days to decide on a verdict.
The other charity we decided on this year was Help for Heroes.
The team played a big part in helping her to decide on a career and to find a position.
There are two ways to decide on your summer holiday this year.
We decided on Spain for our holiday this year.
When he returned to civilian life, he decided on a career in pathology.
When it came to deciding on a career, I originally wanted to act.
When the time came to decide on a career, he made the obvious choice.
Without exception, all the medics I know decided on that career choice because of a strong sense of vocation.
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