Advertisement
Advertisement
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
- cannot choose butto be obliged to
we cannot choose but vote for him
- nothing to choose between or little to choose between(of two people or objects) almost equal
Derived Forms
- ˈǴDz, noun
Other Word Forms
- ǴDza· adjective
- ǴDzİ noun
- ·ǴDz verb (used with object) prechose prechosen prechoosing
- ·ǴDz verb rechose rechosen rechoosing
- un·ǴDza· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word 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.
More idioms and phrases containing choose
In addition to the idiom beginning with choose , also see beggars can't be choosers ; pick and choose . Also see under choice .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The next few days will give us a sense of how or whether, albeit up to four years out from choosing the next government, that is a plausible claim.
"I think a lot of Aboriginal people have really chosen to opt out of the political space and of so -called democracy in Australia," she says.
"The most attractive thing is that the Vietnamese government is very supportive. The electronics industry is expanding out of China and a lot will choose Vietnam."
Choice ticketholders choose from standard seats upon booking, while those who opt for Basic — the most restrictive fare — are assigned seats at check-in.
By a vote of 131-84, a supermajority of House Democrats chose to hand one of the most visible positions in Congress to someone who announced their retirement from public life four months later.
Advertisement
Related Words
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.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse