Decide
Decide verb - To come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of.
Usage example: we waited for our captors to decide our fate
End and decide are semantically related. in make a decision topic. In some cases you can use "End" instead a verb "Decide", when it comes to topics like settle an issue.
End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Common collocations
| life | decide life | end life |
| match | decide match | end match |
| relationship | decide relationship | end relationship |
| show | decide show | end show |
| Other words: future, death, way, battle, conversation, war. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Ted's favourite movie is Annie Hall where the titular character and the protagonist get in a relationship, have it end and decide they are Better as Friends.
Source: Foreshadowing / Live-Action TV -
They work through it in the end and decide they'll face any backlash together.
Source: Black Gal on White Guy Drama - Both end up falling for each other despite having previous love interests and they decide to get engaged at the end of the Nihon Arc.
Source: Last Girl Wins
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