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choose

[ chooz ]

verb (used with object)

chose; chosen or (Obsolete) chose; choosing.
  1. to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference:

    She chose Sunday for her departure.

  2. to prefer or decide (to do something):

    He chose to run for election.

  3. to want; desire:

    I choose moving to the city.

  4. (especially in children's 亚洲网紅露点) 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)

chose; chosen or (Obsolete) chose; choosing.
  1. to make a choice, or select from two or more possibilities:

    Accepted by several colleges, the boy chose carefully.

  2. to be inclined:

    You may stay here, if you choose.

  3. (especially in children's 亚洲网紅露点) to decide, as by means of odd or even, who will do something:

    Let's choose to see who bats first.

verb phrase

    1. to select (players) for a contest or game:

      The kids chose up sides for the game.

    2. to select players for a contest or game:

      We have to choose up before we can play.

choose

/ 迟蕛耻藧锄 /

verb

  1. to select (a person, thing, course of action, etc) from a number of alternatives
  2. tr; takes a clause as object or an infinitive to consider it desirable or proper

    I don't choose to read that book

  3. intr to like; please

    you may stand if you choose

  4. cannot choose but
    to be obliged to

    we cannot choose but vote for him

  5. nothing to choose between or little to choose between
    (of two people or objects) almost equal
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠丑辞辞蝉别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠丑辞辞蝉顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 肠丑辞辞蝉顎侥谤 noun
  • 辫谤别路肠丑辞辞蝉别顎 verb (used with object) prechose prechosen prechoosing
  • 谤别路肠丑辞辞蝉别顎 verb rechose rechosen rechoosing
  • un路肠丑辞辞蝉顎僡路产濒别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of choose1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English chosen, ch膿sen, Old English 肠脓辞蝉补苍; cognate with Gothic kiusan, Old High German kiosan ( German kiesen ); akin to Greek 驳别煤别蝉迟丑补颈 鈥渢o enjoy,鈥 Latin 驳耻蝉迟腻谤别 鈥渢o taste鈥 ( gusto )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of choose1

Old English ceosan; related to Old Norse 办箩艒蝉补, Old High German kiosan
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. 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 .
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Synonym Study

Choose, select, pick, elect, prefer indicate a decision that one or more possibilities are to be regarded more highly than others. Choose suggests a decision on one of a number of possibilities because of its apparent superiority: to choose a course of action. Select suggests a choice made for fitness: to select the proper golf club. Pick, an informal word, suggests a selection on personal grounds: to pick a winner. The formal word elect suggests a kind of official action: to elect a representative. Prefer, also formal, emphasizes the desire or liking for one thing more than for another or others: to prefer coffee to tea.
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Example Sentences

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In 2001, only 30 countries chose Beijing as their lead trade partner over Washington.

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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.

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"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.

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"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."

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Choice ticketholders choose from standard seats upon booking, while those who opt for Basic 鈥 the most restrictive fare 鈥 are assigned seats at check-in.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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