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choose
[ chooz ]
verb (used with object)
- to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference:
She chose Sunday for her departure.
- to prefer or decide (to do something):
He chose to run for election.
- to want; desire:
I choose moving to the city.
- (especially in children's games) to contend with (an opponent) to decide, as by odd or even, who will do something:
I'll choose you to see who gets to bat first.
verb (used without object)
- to make a choice, or select from two or more possibilities:
Accepted by several colleges, the boy chose carefully.
- to be inclined:
You may stay here, if you choose.
- (especially in children's games) to decide, as by means of odd or even, who will do something:
Let's choose to see who bats first.
verb phrase
- to select (players) for a contest or game:
The kids chose up sides for the game.
- to select players for a contest or game:
We have to choose up before we can play.
choose
/ tʃuːz /
verb
- to select (a person, thing, course of action, etc) from a number of alternatives
- tr; takes a clause as object or an infinitive to consider it desirable or proper
I don't choose to read that book
- intr to like; please
you may stand if you choose
- cannot choose butto be obliged to
we cannot choose but vote for him
- nothing to choose between or little to choose between(of two people or objects) almost equal
Derived Forms
- ˈchooser, noun
Other Words From
- choosa·ble adjective
- chooser noun
- pre·choose verb (used with object) prechose prechosen prechoosing
- re·choose verb rechose rechosen rechoosing
- un·choosa·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of choose1
Idioms and Phrases
- cannot choose but, cannot do otherwise than; is or are obliged to:
He cannot choose but obey.
More idioms and phrases containing choose
In addition to the idiom beginning with choose , also see beggars can't be choosers ; pick and choose . Also see under choice .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
House rules require an absolute majority of members voting to choose a speaker.
The reason pilots would choose to use guns over a bomb or a missile is simple.
That gays (and other liberals) should choose Canadian oil because Canada “has no laws prohibiting LGBT lifestyle.”
So why did the God of the Hebrew people choose such a scandalous setting for becoming human?
But, Hamlawa says, she choose to stay on the front lines instead, “I stayed with my other daughters.”
"I will," gruffly replied the man, with a look which showed that he was sorry to be forced to choose the second alternative.
It had been a pleasure to choose the various tasteful specimens of the upholsterer's art.
She would not dare to choose, and begged that Mademoiselle Reisz would please herself in her selections.
Your most intimate friend arrived in Paris, and you choose the next day to make a little tour!
He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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