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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 yvlog Forms
- ǴDza· adjective
- ǴDzİ noun
- ·ǴDz verb (used with object) prechose prechosen prechoosing
- ·ǴDz verb rechose rechosen rechoosing
- un·ǴDza· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog 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 plan also doesn’t include medication cost in the final pricing and instead allows patients to pick up their medication prescription at the pharmacy or choose home-delivery options.
They’re also looking to customize and retain a lot of values that are important to women investors and others who choose to use their app for investing.
Akgul believes those arrested were carefully chosen – among them seasoned photojournalists.
That's because the tax is paid by the domestic company importing the goods, which may choose to pass the cost on to customers, or to reduce imports, meaning fewer products are available.
"Colleagues that choose to leave do so for all sorts of reasons, some of them fairly selfish to them," he said.
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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.
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