choose
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verb \ˈchüz\chose \ˈchōz\ cho·sen \ˈchō-zən\ choos·ing \ˈchü-ziŋ\
Definition of CHOOSE
transitive verb
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a : to have a preference for <choose one car over another> b : decide <chose to go by train>
intransitive verb
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: to make a selection <finding it hard to choose>
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: to take an alternative —used after cannot and usually followed by but <when earth is so kind, men cannot choose but be happy — J. A. Froude>
— choos·er \ˈchü-zər\ noun
See Examples of CHOOSE
- The political party chose a leader.
- They chose her as the team captain.
- We've chosen a different time to go.
- He was chosen because he's qualified for the job.
- She was chosen from a long list of people.
- He chose his words carefully.
- Which shirt would you choose?
- How do I choose when there's so much available?
- Let everyone choose for themselves.
- You can choose from among a number of alternatives.
- Each year thousands of college students choose volunteer-service trips over beach bumming during their spring breaks and summer vacations. —Edward M. Kennedy, Time, 22 Sept. 2008
- I had been invited to choose certain things that I might want from the house, but although there were indeed a couple of things that I would have liked, I was withheld from making the trip … —Alice Adams, “Why I Write,” in The Story and Its Writer, edited by Ann Charters, 1987
- … as an instructor at New York University he chose to live by himself in lodgings that for the time must have been very expensive … —William Styron, This Quiet Dust and Other Writings, (l953) 1982
- Any summary I might try to write for the rest of the novel would be worthless and I don't choose to waste my time at it. —Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being, 1979
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Origin of CHOOSE
Middle English chosen, from Old English cēosan; akin to Old High German kiosan to choose, Latin gustare to taste
First Known Use: before 12th century
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