undecided

«undecided» in Mova's school dictionary: not yet having made up your mind: «I'm undecided about… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (undecided)

meaning for a pupil

1) Undecided means not yet having made up your mind: «I'm undecided about which club to join.» tree →

2) Undecided also means not yet settled or fixed: «The date of the trip is still undecided.» tree →

3) An undecided game or match has not been won yet. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, votes, surveys and class elections have «undecided» people who have not chosen yet; in maths survey tables there is often a column for «undecided». In stories it shows a character thinking things over. Phrases: «still undecided», «undecided voters», «undecided about».

examples

• I'm still undecided about what to wear to the party. tree →
• In our class vote, 12 said yes, 9 said no and 4 were undecided. tree →
• The winner of the baking contest is still undecided. tree →
• Mum was undecided between the blue and the green car. tree →
• Undecided voters can change who wins an election. tree →
• The match was undecided until the last minute. tree →
• He was undecided, and knew not if he were worthy of this, but the doves counselled him to do it, and at length he said yes. tree →

note

Adjective. Followed by «about» or «whether»: «undecided about the trip», «undecided whether to go». In survey maths, the undecided are a separate group: if 30 children were asked and 12 said yes and 9 said no, then 30 − 12 − 9 = 9 were undecided. Opposite: decided, sure.

In the corpora

• Children cannot vote yet, and being undecided is fine; people make up their minds by learning and listening over many years.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «undecided» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.