decision

décision

Choix fait après avoir réfléchi à ce qu’on va faire.

En anglais simple : A choice you make after thinking about what to do.

• I made a decision to stay.
• It was a difficult decision for her.
• Have you changed your decision?

Comment l'utiliser : a decision to do something (Their decision to move surprised us.); a decision about/on something (We need a decision about the holiday.)

Synonymes : choice

Expressions courantes : make a decision, decision to leave, difficult decision, court decision

décision, résolution

Décision prise officiellement par un groupe après discussion.

En anglais simple : An official choice made by a group after discussion.

• The committee announced its decision.
• We recorded the board’s decision in the minutes.
• The council’s decision means the school will stay open.

Comment l'utiliser : a decision on/about something (The board reached a decision on staff pay.)

Synonymes : resolution, ruling

Expressions courantes : committee decision, unanimous decision, decision on something

décision aux points

Résultat fixé par les juges selon les points, quand le combat n’a pas désigné de vainqueur direct.

En anglais simple : A result chosen by judges when a contest ends without a clear winner.

• She won the fight by decision.
• The judges gave him a unanimous decision.
• A split decision ended the closely fought match.

Comment l'utiliser : by decision (The boxer won by decision after ten rounds.)

Synonymes : points verdict

Expressions courantes : win by decision, split decision, unanimous decision