Decide and Set

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Decide verb - To come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of.

Usage example: we waited for our captors to decide our fate

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Set is a synonym for decide in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a verb "Decide", when it comes to topics like settle an issue.

Nearby Words: decisive, decision, deciding, decider

Set verb - To make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding.

Usage example: fire losses were set at a million dollars

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Decide is a synonym for set in arrange topic. Sometimes you can use "Decide" instead a verb "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

mind	decide mind	set mind
course	decide course	set course
place	decide place	set place
house	decide house	set house
Other words: path, way, plan, world, game, goal, rules.

This causes Morte to change her mind and decide that remaking the world is better than outright destroying it, and after finding a way to resurrect him, that's exactly what they set out to do.

Source: Conflicting Loyalty
In another strip, the remote's batteries die and Jon and Garfield, rather than going to change the channel on the set, decide to go drive to the store and buy new batteries instead.

Source: Dead TV Remote Gag
It's also possible for synthetics who decide not to Pick Your Human Half to look pretty human, though looking as human as Sulla and Al is pretty expensive at the time the comic is set.

Source: Webcomic / O Human Star

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