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# decided — English to French

How English *decided* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: decided (165 179), decideds (3). By style: everyday 729 · literary 17 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 7 701 · legal and administrative 11 605 · UN documents 145 126.

## décidé

Used about 120 766 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 562 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 4 813 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 253 · UN documents ≈ 108 133). Forms: décidé, décision.

- She **decided** to go.
  Elle a **décidé** d'y aller.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#313606](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/313606) [\#4758360](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4758360))

- I felt wonderfully stronger, and quite **decided** upon pushing on.
  Je me sentais tout ragaillardi et **décidé** à aller loin.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2059)

- That is why we **decided** to abstain.
  C'est pourquoi nous avons **décidé** de nous abstenir.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1185086)

- HAS **DECIDED** AS FOLLOWS:
  A ADOPTÉ LA PRÉSENTE **DÉCISION**:
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 74044)

- It was so **decided**.
  Il en est ainsi **décidé**.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 2130397)

## commission

Used about 6 335 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 160 · legal and administrative ≈ 484 · UN documents ≈ 5 691).

- (Parliament **decided** to postpone the vote and the matter is therefore considered referred back to the competent committee for further examination)
  (Le Parlement décide de reporter le vote. La question est réputée renvoyée pour réexamen à la **commission** compétente)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 864403)

- The Commission has examined the amendment in question and **decided** that it is justified.
  La **Commission** a examiné la demande de modification en question et jugé qu’elle était justifiée.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2923750)

- The Committee **decided** to postpone the election of the Vice-Chairs and Rapporteur of the Committee to a later date.
  La **Commission** décide de reporter l &apos; élection des Vice-Présidents et du Rapporteur de la Commission à une date ultérieure.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 28410196)

- the Commission **decided** on the necessity of the aid without laying down in its decisions approving the aid any conditions, which would justify reassessment of the aid later;
  la **Commission** a statué sur la nécessité de l’aide sans assortir ses décisions d’autorisation de conditions qui justifieraient une nouvelle appréciation de l’aide;
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 555577)

- The Assembly **decided** to conclude its consideration of all the chapters of the report of the Economic and Social Council allocated to the Third Committee.
  L &apos; Assemblée décide de conclure l &apos; examen de tous les chapitres du rapport du Conseil économique et social renvoyés à la Troisième **Commission**..
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 7394651)

## sa

Used about 2 848 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 2 846).

- Napoleon had been denounced in the infinite and his fall had been **decided** on.
  Napoléon avait été dénoncé dans l'infini, et **sa** chute était décidée.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7177)

- Took note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled &quot; World Survey on the Role of Women in Development &quot; , which focuseds on women and international migration, and **decideds** to consider the report at its sixtieth session under the sub-item entitled &quot; Women in development &quot; ; and
  Prend acte du rapport du Secrétaire général intitulé &quot; Etude mondiale sur le rôle des femmes dans le développement &quot; qui porte sur les femmes et les migrations internationales, et décide de l &apos; examiner à **sa** soixantième session au titre de la question subsidiaire intitulée &quot; Participation des femmes au développement &quot; ; et
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 14013139)

- He **decided** that, in case of a refusal, he would tear off his bandages, dislocate his collar-bone, that he would lay bare all the wounds which he had left, and would reject all food.
  Il arrêta qu'en cas de refus il arracherait ses appareils, disloquerait **sa** clavicule, mettrait à nu et à vif ce qu'il lui restait de plaies, et repousserait toute nourriture.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28918)

## conseil

Used about 1 369 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 160 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 209).

- The Brussels European Council then **decided**, in October 1993, to choose Turin as the headquarters for this Foundation.
  Ce fut ensuite le **Conseil** européen de Bruxelles qui décida, en octobre 1993, de choisir Turin comme siège de cette Fondation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1820775)

- The annual number of meetings of the Bureau shall be **decided** by the Governing Board.
  Le **conseil** de direction établit le nombre annuel des réunions du bureau.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 700283)

- The financial reference amount for the subsequent period for EULEX KOSOVO shall be **decided** by the Council.
  Le montant de référence financière destiné à l'EULEX KOSOVO pour la période suivante est arrêté par le **Conseil**.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4175977)

- The financial reference amount for the subsequent period for EULEX Kosovo shall be **decided** by Council.’;
  Le montant de référence financière destiné à EULEX KOSOVO pour la période ultérieure est arrêté par le **Conseil**.»
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2507910)

- The financial reference amount for the subsequent periods for EULEX KOSOVO shall be **decided** by the Council.
  Le montant de référence financière destiné à EULEX KOSOVO pour les périodes ultérieures est arrêté par le **Conseil**.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1997606)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Tom **decided** to give Mary everything she asked for.
  Tom décida de donner à Mary tout ce qu'elle voulait.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and tras · checked, community translation · [\#7593036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7593036) [\#7664197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7664197))

- He **decided** to play it safe and pull out of the tournament due to his injured knee.
  Il décida d'être prudent et de se retirer du tournoi à cause de son genou blessé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#303046](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/303046) [\#452976](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/452976))

- Sami **decided** to move back to Cairo.
  Sami décida de retourner au Caire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#6716893](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6716893) [\#13861135](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13861135))

## Grammar

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