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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
/ ʃː /
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
- ˈǴDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ǴDza· adjective
- ǴDzİ noun
- ·ǴDz verb (used with object) prechose prechosen prechoosing
- ·ǴDz verb rechose rechosen rechoosing
- un·ǴDza· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ 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
It is not clear what expedition package Dabiri chose or what mode of transport he took from Iran to Antarctica.
The tragicomic hallucination that you see unfolding every day, wherein ostensible adults discuss secret war plans in hackable social media texts replete with emojis, exclamation points and lols, is what the American people freely chose.
“Two of the best players in the league and then I chose to throw a low, hook-pass lob to a 40-year old,” Reaves said with a laugh.
"I ended up on drugs because the men I chose, the friends I chose, the lifestyle I chose. I don't for one minute think it's my dad's fault at all," she said.
Ashley Cain visited dangerous places around the world - and tried to understand why some young men choose a life of crime.
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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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