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
   033A
   0339
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   0330
   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
   033A
   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
   033A
   0339
   033F
   0343
   0330
   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

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Theodore Roosevelt:

   If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness.

2. Jennifer Korn:

   One of the biggest challenges is, do I leave my career or do I leave my husband ? at different points of my career, I have left my career. A couple times, me and my husband have lived apart, at one point three years apart while he was on back-to-back deployments. It's very difficult if you have to choose.

3. Laura Deming:

   Shouldn't we get to choose in some way what number we get to live to?

4. Joshua Douglas:

   It’s not surprising to me that the people that work for him and presumably support him by working for him would choose to make contributions to his campaign.

5. Sidney Madwed:

   You can choose to be happy or sad and whichever you choose that is what you get. No one is really responsible to make someone else happy, no matter what most people have been taught and accept as true.

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