CHOOSES Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

chooses

verb

Definition of chooses next

present tense third-person singular of choose

as in selects

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities choose a computer that best suits your needs

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as in wants

to see fit you can wear whatever you choose to the party

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as in decides

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration chose to write on a controversial topic for the local newspaper

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Recent Examples of chooses If Starmer chooses to step aside, or is ousted, his successor would become Britain’s sixth prime minister in seven years. —

Isa Soares, CNN Money, 12 May 2026 But where the décor favors restraint, the food chooses extravagance. —

Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026 Finding the third way Regardless of what SpaceX chooses to do, researchers have already demonstrated how to independently harness signals from Starlink and other low-Earth orbit communications satellite constellations. —

Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026 Keep Everything Within Reach The assortment of items the couple chooses to display on the built-ins is both decorative and functional. —

Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 11 May 2026 When deciding which brands to sign with, Fonseca trusts his instincts and chooses to collaborate with companies that complement his persona. —

Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026 Instead of playing preset moves, the robot chooses gestures in real time based on context and special tools. —

Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026 Levers exist to limit this harm and check the administration, if only Congress chooses to exercise them. —

Wes Zebrowski, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026 Rolder chooses the right sport Detroit's fourth-round selection, Jimmy Rolder, was faced with a tough decision in college between baseball and football. —

CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026

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Folsom’s City Council currently selects its mayor annually from among its members.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
Over a lifetime, filmmaker Lynne Sachs has collected business cards—mementos of brief exchanges with strangers—and selects seven to uncover why these moments have lingered so vividly in her memory.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026