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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
to be obliged to
we cannot choose but vote for him
(of two people or objects) almost equal
Other 51Թ Forms
- choosable adjective
- chooser noun
- prechoose verb (used with object)
- rechoose verb
- unchoosable adjective
- ˈǴDz noun
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.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
United States men's coach Mauricio Pochettino has told his players they cannot pick and choose which games they will be available for.
While many Somalis chose to leave, they stayed, driven by a passion to rebuild, despite the fact that an insurgency was being waged by al-Shabab, a group linked to al-Qaeda.
A source told the BBC Brooklyn had chosen not to go to the party as his younger brother Romeo was attending with a woman Brooklyn had previously been linked to.
The tough choice was the tyres and I think we chose the right ones.
One of their neighbours, who did not want to be named, said she had chosen to stay with her daughter that night - just in case.
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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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