Meaning of choose in English

choose

verb [ I or T ]

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/tʃuːz/ us

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/tʃuːz/

chose | chosen

to decide what you want from two or more things or possibilities:

She had to choose between the two men in her life.

Danny, come here and choose your ice cream.

He chose a shirt from the many in his wardrobe.

[ + question word ] It's difficult choosing where to live.

I've chosen a present for Luis.

[ + two objects ] UK I've chosen Luis a present.

Yesterday the selectors chose Dales as the team's new captain.

[ + obj + to infinitive ] The firm's directors chose Emma to be the new production manager.

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to choose or choose to do something

chooseThere are thirty-one flavours of ice cream to choose from.
pickHe's been picked for the school football team.
selectWe've selected three candidates.
opt (for)Mike's opted for early retirement.
decide (on)I've decided on blue walls for the bathroom.
go forUK I think I'll go for the chocolate cake.

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choose to do sth

to decide to do something:

Katie chose (= decided) to stay away from work that day.

little/not much to choose between

When there is little to choose between two or more things, they are (all) very similar.

Synonyms

elect 
pick  (CHOOSE)
select 

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Why did you choose to live in London?
You'll have to choose between a holiday or a new washing machine.
We chose a delicate floral pattern for our bedroom curtains.
Martha chose her favourite book of bedtime stories.
I need you to help me choose an outfit.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Taking and choosing

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Decisions and deciding

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(Definition of choose from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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choose

verb [ I/T ]

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/tʃuz/

past tense chose us/tʃoʊz/ | past participle chosen us/ˈtʃoʊ·zən/

to think about which one of several things is the one you want, and take the action to get it:

[ T ] Parents can choose the schools that they want their kids to go to.

[ I ] I can’t choose - I like both lamps.

[ + to infinitive ] On this issue, Congress chose to fight the president.

[ I ] There was not much to choose between them (= They are similar).

[ + question word ] You can choose what you like and we’ll send it to you.

(Definition of choose from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of choose

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The user interaction in the environment allows for choosing the order in which samples will be played, represented by the shapes.

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Consider now the boundary c=0, where b is chosen so as to satisfy (19).

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When choosing the number of children, couples do not take into account the capital dilution nor the intergenerational transfer effect.

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We chose a cumulative figure to represent moneys gained over the 3-year project.

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The r keys can be chosen in ways.

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To solve this functional conflict between better adaptability of the system and a worse dynamical balance, the appropriate control strategy has to be chosen.

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With this choice of the range given by (37), 0 is a vector chosen as a loaded arm parameters and their upper bound.

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Once the strategies have been chosen, they are used for on-line motion using a local and reactive planning algorithm.

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In order to have a good response, appropriate d min and d max must be chosen.

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At this point, one of the joints will be chosen as the initial slow joint.

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The gain f can be chosen arbitrary as long as it has the prescribed form.

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Is choosing to do what one knows to be evil a genuine exercise of power ?

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Had he chosen the other, he would have been equally praiseworthy.

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I will claim that there could be worlds that are culled but not chosen.

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In our case, the manoeuvrability of the compactor being rather limited, we have chosen the first solution.

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Translations of choose

in Chinese (Traditional)

選擇, 挑選，選取, 選中…

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