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,
- 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.
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 chooseWords nearby choose
chook chaser,
chook raffle,
choom,
choon,
choora,
choose,
choose up,
choosy,
chop,
chop chop,
chop mark
Example sentences from the Web for choosing
British Dictionary definitions for choosing
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, nounWord Origin for choose
Old English
ceosan; related to Old Norse
kjōsa, Old High German
kiosan
Idioms and Phrases with choosing
choose