Choose, elect, or resolve

verb

1. To make a final choice or judgment about

   "decide what to do"

2. To select as a course of action
3. To infer on the basis of evidence conclude

   "They decided that he was right."

4. To fix the course or outcome of (something)

   "The Dodge teeters on the rear wheels, hanging there, as the hand of gravity decides my fate."

5. To induce to come to a choice

   "her pleas decided him to help"

6. To make a choice or judgment

   "decide on where to go"

idiom

1. To decide not to do something

   "I decided against telling her."

2. To find (someone) guilty in a court of law

   "The jury decided against the defendant."

idiom

1. To choose one of (two choices) to make a choice between (two choices)

   "Voters must decide between the two candidates."

idiom

1. Used to say that a person is the only one who can make a decision about something that directly affects him or her

idiom

1. To find (someone) not guilty in a court of law

   "The court decided in favor of/for the plaintiff."

phrasal verb

1. To choose (something) after thinking about the possible choices

   "He decided on blue rather than green."