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choose

  [chooz] verb, chose; cho⋅sen or (Obsolete) chose; choos⋅ing.
Use choose in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
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.
4. (esp. 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)
5. to make a choice: He chose carefully.
6. to be inclined: You may stay here, if you choose.
7. (esp. 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
8. choose up,
a. to select (players) for a contest or game: The boys chose up sides for the game.
b. to select players for a contest or game: We have to choose up before we can play.
—Idiom
9. cannot choose but, cannot do otherwise than; is or are obliged to: He cannot choose but obey.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME chosen, chēsen, OE cēosan; c. Goth kiusan, OHG kiosan (G kiesen); akin to Gk geúesthai to enjoy, L gustāre to taste (see gusto )

Related forms:
choos⋅a⋅ble, adjective
chooser, noun

Synonyms:
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.

Antonyms:
1. reject.
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choose   (chōōz)   
v.   chose (chōz), cho·sen (chō'zən), choos·ing, choos·es

v.   tr.

  1. To select from a number of possible alternatives; decide on and pick out.

    1. To prefer above others: chooses the supermarket over the neighborhood grocery store.

    2. To determine or decide: chose to fly rather than drive.

v.   intr.
To make a choice; make a selection: was used to doing as she chose.
Phrasal Verb(s):
choose upTo choose players and form sides or teams for a game, such as baseball or softball.

Idiom(s):
cannot choose butCan only do; cannot do otherwise: We cannot choose but to observe the rules.

[Middle English chesen, from Old English cēosan; see geus- in Indo-European roots.]
choos'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

choose 
O.E. ceosan "choose, taste, try" (class II strong verb; past tense ceas, pp. coren), from P.Gmc. *keusanan, from PIE base *geus- "to taste, relish" (see gusto). Variant spelling chuse is M.E., very frequent 16c.-18c. Only remotely related to choice. The irregular pp. leveled out to chosen by 1200. Choosy is Amer.Eng. 1862.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

choose

In addition to the idiom beginning with choose, also see beggars can't be choosers; pick and choose. Also see under choice.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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