Business Decision-Making

noun a point where two or more roads meet

• At the crossroads, we must carefully consider all options before making a decision.
• I'm at a crossroads in my career and not sure which path to take.
• I feel like I'm at a major crossroads in my life right now.
• The company is at a crossroads and must choose between innovation and tradition.

noun a decision made by someone in authority that rejects or disallows something

verb to reject or disallow by exercising one's authority

• The judge has the authority to overrule objections during the trial.
• I hope the teacher will overrule the homework assignment for tonight.
• I can't believe my mom overruled my plans to go out with friends.
• Sometimes our emotions can overrule our logical thinking.

adverb without regard; in spite of everything; anyway

preposition in spite of; without regard to

• Regardless of the outcome, we must proceed with caution.
• I'm going to the party regardless of whether you come or not.
• I'm gonna do it regardless, so don't even try to stop me.
• She continued to pursue her dreams regardless of the obstacles in her way.

adverb describes how something is done in a unanimous manner

• The committee unanimously agreed on the new policy proposal.
• Everyone in the group was in agreement about the plan.
• We all were on the same page with the decision.
• Their hearts beat as one in unanimous support of the cause.

verb to reject or prohibit something, especially an official decision

• The president vetoed the bill passed by Congress.
• The boss vetoed our idea for the new project.
• My mom totally vetoed my plans to go out tonight.
• His conscience vetoed his decision to cheat on the test.

noun refers to the greater part or number; more than half

adjective describing the majority as complete or total

• In order to pass the resolution, we need to secure an absolute majority of votes.
• We need more than half of the votes to win, it's called an absolute majority.
• We gotta crush the vote and get that absolute majority!
• Achieving an absolute majority in the election was like reaching the summit of a mountain.

pronoun A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse. In this case, 'someone' is referring to an unspecified person whose wishes are

preposition A word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence. In this case, 'against' is showing the relationship between someone's wishes and the action that goes against them.

• The decision to move forward with the project was made against someone's wishes.
• I know she didn't want us to go, but we went anyway against her wishes.
• We totally went against his wishes and crashed the party.
• Sometimes you have to go against someone's wishes in order to follow your own path.