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choose Verb

— When you choose a thing, you decide you want it and not something else. The manager and coaches will choose the starting line-up. Rafferty always chooses those with the best skills. Flanagan chose Tom and Jerry as first and third basemen. All those men chosen for this year's team will report tomorrow night. Are you choosing to leave the team, or is someone forcing you to quit?

choose

— verb (= take, select, pick out) 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 — verb (= opt) 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 — 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

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select elect pick out pick prefer take opt sort cull appoint vote pick up name single out like assort sort out settle resolve designate set aside ordain fix decide choice winnow want vote in suggest show screen reserve receive point out nominate motion mark manifest make a choice indicate fix upon display dial determine denote demonstrate decide on connote conclude collect

Topics choose topics

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Language and thought Want

Decide, plan
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Choose
Grammar Name

Name of a person

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choose · verb

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Simple sentences

You may choose whichever book you like.
You may choose whichever you want.
You may choose any of them.
You may choose what you like.
Choose alternative questions.
Which one would you choose?
Tom has just been let go from his job. Because he had signed the employer's non-competition contract, he must now choose among relocation, a significant career change, unemployment or litigation.
You can choose from six meals.
I choose you.
Choose the correct answer that fills the empty space.
I didn't choose anything.
You may choose either of the two books.
Choose your favorite racket.
I don't care whichever you choose.
Choose the one.
Would you send, by real mail, some brochures that will help me to choose a hotel?
Tell me which one to choose.
Choose three books at random.
Choose the color you like the best.
He was at a loss as to which faculty to choose.
It is important for us to choose good friends.
In the absence of a better idea I had to choose this method.
Why did you choose that particular subject?

Movie subtitles

Now, it's the time for us to make up our minds to choose the line, just like Hyeongbang did.
Geez, how could Hyeongbang choose the line that quickly?
I am saying that this is about our future, and I'm not saying that you have to choose between us, but at some point, you're gonna have to choose between us.
No-one can really choose who they fall in love with.
Meanwhile, Nurse Crane reminded me that, as a midwife, I can choose which colleague I'd like to deliver my baby.
You ought to choose one of your friends.
I think I need someone to help me choose a different one.
What matters is how you choose to finish.
You want me to choose them?
I still choose not to believe, but I can't think of nothing else.
Believing Ulysses to be dead, the suitors take possession of his house and demand that Penelope choose a new husband among them.
Choose among us his successor.
The Baron von Chanterelle does not wish for his lineage to die out and therefore invites all of the region's maidens to gather in the marketplace so that his nephew, the sole heir, may choose a fitting maiden to take as his wife.
I'll choose my own husband.
Can I choose him?
I want to choose my own wife.
Why would you choose that painting?
Well, it's not like we have many options to choose from, but if you try to stop us, it's gonna be bad.
You can choose not to acknowledge this. Do whatever you want.
The fact that we are not satisfied with peasant girls and maidens, with merchants' daughters and hussies, that we choose the finest and prettiest, is a proof of our taste.
I don't understand why you should choose a road that leads to such a death.
It may be good for you that I don't choose to remember you.
You want to choose up sides?
Invariably, Mr. Rainsford, invariably they choose to hunt.
Oh, very well. If you choose to play the leopard. I shall hunt you like a leopard.
If we should choose to chew, we'll be pursued.
I'm sorry Bo Peep that you had to choose me for the best man.
Well, I do, I want to speak to my kids, but I don't know which one to choose.
You can't make me choose.
Must definitely choose Korea!
What were you getting me to choose?
You have the right to consult to the lawyer, and have that lawyer present during any questioning. If you choose to talk to the police officer, you have the right to stop the interview at any time.
BUT IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO CHOOSE TUCSON.
HE SAID IT WAS NEW YORK ONCE, but it's never too late to choose Tucson.
I was on my way to work, and I thought I'd stop by and see how it's all going, and maybe help you. choose a dress?
You choose: Him or me!
Here women choose.
First they choose a spot close to the riverbank. Then they cut down the rockrose and heather.

News and current affairs

There are some who say that this would mean a loss of influence on the part of those countries which choose not to integrate more closely.
You might imagine that people could choose the right light bulbs for themselves.
Then, people the world over will choose to use them.
They're free to choose where to put their money.
The rich countries will benefit, too, because they will be able to choose their preferred mix of reducing emissions and buying up emissions rights from developing nations.
They do not choose their parents, let alone the broader conditions into which they are born.
There is, of course, a danger that at some point Putin may choose to lash out and create a truly massive international crisis, and perhaps precipitate some new form of direct East-West warfare.
Whatever it has been in the past, the US in the future will have to choose whether, and how much, it will be a social democracy.
He wants private markets, not government, to choose winning firms and technologies.
Many ultimately choose to immigrate to America permanently, and it is relatively easy for them to do so, thanks to a society that still welcomes outsiders with open arms (even if things have become more difficult since 2001).
That change has come as a relief to those in the region who fear being forced to choose between the US and China.
The art of statecraft is not to choose between war and diplomacy as if they were mutually exclusive alternatives, but to understand how they fit together.
Should the US choose to face al-Sadr and his forces head on, they risk alienating Iraq's largest sectarian community, the Shi'a, adding fuel to the anti-occupation resistance and thus probably dooming Bush to failure.
MILAN - At the end of this month, Italian voters will choose their next government, from which they expect jobs and a more level economic playing field - and from which Italy's European partners expect structural reforms and fiscal probity.
Farmers will choose plants that thrive in heat.
How do you choose to treat a young girl but not her little brother?
Similarly, countries often choose not to cooperate.
Our hearts are with the rebelling youngsters and their legitimate yearning for freedom and basic rights to express themselves, choose their leaders, and earn their own living.
The international community can support these efforts by providing incentives to countries that choose freedom and progress.
Should the Nobel Committee choose to recognize Liu's courage and sacrifice in articulating these ideals, it would not only draw global attention to the injustice of Liu's 11-year sentence.
When forced to choose between full employment and price stability, the international finance economists say that the Fed will choose price stability, because its institutional memory of the 1970's, when inflation ran rampant, remains very strong.
Many homeowners who can afford to make their mortgage payments will choose to default, move to rental housing, and wait to purchase until house prices have declined further.
Alternatively, the General Assembly might propose several candidates to the Security Council, from which the Council would choose one to refer back to the Assembly for approval.

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