choose (verb)

  • 11choose up — verb To select, pick …

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  • 12choose — verb /tʃuːz/ a) To elect. He was chosen as president in 1990 b) To pick. I chose a nice, ripe apple from the bowl. See Also: choice, choosey, chosen …

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  • 13choose — verb (past chose; past participle chosen) 1》 pick out as being the best of two or more alternatives. 2》 decide on a course of action. Derivatives chooser noun Origin OE cēosan, of Gmc origin …

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  • 14choose — [[t]tʃu͟ːz[/t]] ♦♦ chooses, choosing, chose, chosen 1) VERB If you choose someone or something from several people or things that are available, you decide which person or thing you want to have. [V n] They will be able to choose their own… …

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  • 15choose */*/*/ — UK [tʃuːz] / US [tʃuz] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms choose : present tense I/you/we/they choose he/she/it chooses present participle choosing past tense chose UK [tʃəʊz] / US [tʃoʊz] past participle chosen UK [ˈtʃəʊz(ə)n] / US… …

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  • 16choose — /tSu:z/ verb past tense chose past participle chosen (I, T) 1 to decide which one of a number of things, possibilities, people etc that you want because it is the best or most suitable: choose sth: The party has finally chosen a woman as leader.… …

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  • 17choose — [c]/tʃuz / (say choohz) verb (chose, chosen or, Obsolete, chose, choosing) –verb (t) 1. to select from a number, or in preference to another or other things or persons. 2. to prefer and decide (to do something): she chose to stand for election. 3 …

  • 18choose — [OE] Choose is a verb of ancient pedigree. It can be traced back to the prehistoric Indo European base *geus , whose descendants in other Indo European languages include Latin gustus ‘taste’, source of English gusto and gustatory and French goût …

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  • 19choose — [OE] Choose is a verb of ancient pedigree. It can be traced back to the prehistoric Indo European base *geus , whose descendants in other Indo European languages include Latin gustus ‘taste’, source of English gusto and gustatory and French goût …

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  • 20choose*/*/*/ — [tʃuːz] (past tense chose [tʃəʊz] ; past participle chosen [ˈtʃəʊz(ə)n] ) verb [I/T] 1) to decide which person or thing you want from a number of people or things Do you feel that you chose the wrong career?[/ex] There is a huge range of holidays …

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