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An example use of decision in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… it was the right decision anyways it's …”
Decision is a choice made by a person or group of people.
the word decision occurs in english on average 100.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.