choose

[ chooz ]
/ tʃuz /

verb (used with object), chose; cho·sen or (Obsolete) chose; choos·ing.

verb (used without object), chose; cho·sen or (Obsolete) chose; choos·ing.

Verb Phrases

choose up,
  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.

Idioms for choose

    cannot choose but, cannot do otherwise than; is or are obliged to: He cannot choose but obey.

Origin of choose

before 1000; Middle English chosen, chēsen, Old English cēosan; cognate with Gothic kiusan, Old High German kiosan (German kiesen); akin to Greek geúesthai to enjoy, Latin gustāre to taste (see gusto)

synonym study for choose

1. 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.

OTHER WORDS FROM choose

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH choose

chews choose

Words nearby choose

chook chaser, chook raffle, choom, choon, choora, choose, choose up, choosy, chop, chop chop, chop mark

British Dictionary definitions for choose up

choose
/ (tʃuːz) /

verb chooses, choosing, chose or chosen

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 but to 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 of choose

chooser, noun

Word Origin for choose

Old English ceosan; related to Old Norse kjōsa, Old High German kiosan

Idioms and Phrases with choose up (1 of 2)

choose up

Select players and form sides for a game or team, as in Jean was always afraid she'd be last when it was time to choose up. [First half of 1900s]

Idioms and Phrases with choose up (2 of 2)

choose