choose, take, select, pick out
(verb) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; “Take any one of these cards”; “Choose a good husband for your daughter”; “She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her”
choose, prefer, opt
(verb) select as an alternative over another; “I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant”; “She opted for the job on the East coast”
choose
(verb) see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; “She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
choose (third-person singular simple present chooses, present participle choosing, simple past (nonstandard) choosed or chose, past participle (nonstandard) choosed or (now colloquial) chose or chosen)
To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
To elect.
To decide to act in a certain way.
To wish; to desire; to prefer.
• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See English catenative verbs
choose
(mathematics) The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.
The number of distinct subsets of size k from a set of size n is or "n choose k".
choose (plural chooses)
(dialectal or obsolete) The act of choosing; selection.
(dialectal or obsolete) The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.
(dialectal or obsolete) Scope for choice.
• Cohoes, cohoes, ooches
Source: Wiktionary
Choose, v. t. [imp. Chose; p. p. Chosen, Chose (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Choosing.] Etym: [OE. chesen, cheosen, AS. ceĂłsan; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen, Icel. kjosa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. jush to enjoy. *46. Cf. Choice, 2d Gust.]
1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils. Choose me for a humble friend. Pope.
2. To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.] The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. Goldsmith. To choose sides. See under Side.
Syn. - To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow.
– To Choose, Prefer, Elect. To choose is the generic term, and denotes to take or fix upon by an act of the will, especially in accordance with a decision of the judgment. To prefer is to choose or favor one thing as compared with, and more desirable than, another, or more in accordance with one's tastes and feelings. To elect is to choose or select for some office, employment, use, privilege, etc., especially by the concurrent vote or voice of a sufficient number of electors. To choose a profession; to prefer private life to a public one; to elect members of Congress.
Choose, v. i.
1. To make a selection; to decide. They had only to choose between implicit obedience and open rebellion. Prescott.
2. To do otherwise. "Can I choose but smile" Pope. Can not choose but, must necessarily. Thou canst not choose but know who I am. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 March 2025
(noun) a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
