Definitions for Choose
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Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. choose, take, select, pick out(verb)

   pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

   "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

2. choose, prefer, opt(verb)

   select as an alternative over another

   "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"

3. choose(verb)

   see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way

   "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. choose(Verb)

   To elect.

   He was chosen as president in 1990

   Etymology: From chosen, chesen, from ceosan, from keusanan, from ǵews-. Cognate with chose, chese, kese, kieze, Dutch kiezen, kiesen, kyse, Norwegian kjose, tjusa, Icelandic kjósa, Gothic
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   033D, gusto.

2. choose(Verb)

   To pick.

   I chose a nice, ripe apple from the bowl.

   Etymology: From chosen, chesen, from ceosan, from keusanan, from ǵews-. Cognate with chose, chese, kese, kieze, Dutch kiezen, kiesen, kyse, Norwegian kjose, tjusa, Icelandic kjósa, Gothic
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   0339
   033F
   0343
   0330
   033D, gusto.

3. choose(Verb)

   To decide to act in a certain way.

   I chose to walk to work today.

   Etymology: From chosen, chesen, from ceosan, from keusanan, from ǵews-. Cognate with chose, chese, kese, kieze, Dutch kiezen, kiesen, kyse, Norwegian kjose, tjusa, Icelandic kjósa, Gothic
   033A
   0339
   033F
   0343
   0330
   033D, gusto.

4. choose(Conjunction)

   The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.

   The number of distinct subsets of size k from a set of size n is uE00024529uE001 or "n choose k".

   Etymology: From chosen, chesen, from ceosan, from keusanan, from ǵews-. Cognate with chose, chese, kese, kieze, Dutch kiezen, kiesen, kyse, Norwegian kjose, tjusa, Icelandic kjósa, Gothic
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   0339
   033F
   0343
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   033D, gusto.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Choose(verb)

   to make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils

2. Choose(verb)

   to wish; to desire; to prefer

3. Choose(verb)

   to make a selection; to decide

4. Choose(verb)

   to do otherwise

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Choose

   chōōz, v.t. to take one thing in preference to another: to select.—v.i. to will or determine: to think fit:—pa.t. chōse; pa.p. chōs′en.—ns. Choos′er (Shak.), one who chooses; Choos′ing, choice: selection.—Cannot choose, can have no alternative.—Not much to choose between, each about equally bad.—Pick and choose, to select with care. [A.S. céosan, Dut. kiesen.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. choose

   To have or do what we know is possible in order of priority.

   They choose unity, love, understanding and marriage.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 22, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Choose' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1578

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Choose' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1378

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Choose' in Verbs Frequency: #136

Anagrams for Choose »

1. Cohoes

How to pronounce Choose?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Choose in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Choose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Choose in a Sentence

1. Pastor Williams:

   It was their choice to do that, we live in a free nation. People choose what they want. These people that got baptized – freely chose at a church service to accept Christ and this was a follow up to that.

2. Ethel Mumford:

   God gives us relatives; thank God we can choose our friends.

3. David McClenaghan:

   I know from my own experience from seeing police files on investigations into sexual abuse within the Scout Association that many of those people who have been victims of abuse choose not to bring compensation claims forward, in terms of figures, 50 is absolutely the tip of the iceberg.

4. Jason Knauf:

   She has a very close knit group of friends and she did not want to choose one over the other, they have also been actively involved in helping her prepare for the day and are going to be there at Windsor on the day before in London and she's very pleased to have their support on the day.

5. Yoda:

   If you end your training now — if you choose the quick and easy path as Vader did — you will become an agent of evil.

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