Decided and Open

Decided

Decided adjective - Not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation.

Open is an antonym for decided.

Nearby Words: decision, decidedly, deciding, decider

Open

Open adjective - Not yet settled or decided.
Usage example: that issue will have to remain open until the supervisor can decide

Decided is an antonym for open in topics: clear, honest, accessible, undecided, unfastened.

Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener

Both words in one sentence

  • Humans Are Special In fact, when it was decided the Time War with the Daleks wasn't going so well, they decided to tear open the universe, while they Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence.
  • Apparently, the other cultures in CoDo space decided to keep their options open rather than risk brainlocking themselves racially.
  • Series / Grey's Anatomy He tells Meredith that he sliced a woman's neck open one day because he had been fantasizing about it for a while... and then he decided he enjoyed it so much that he would slice open 4 other women's necks.
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