Choose

Definition: Choose

Choose

Verb

1. 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".

2. Select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast".

3. 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 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "choose" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Choose \Choose\, transitive verb. [imperfect Chose; past participle Chosen, Chose(Obs.); Choosing.]. (references)

Synonyms: Choose

Absence of Choice

Noun: no choice, Hobson's choice; first come first served, random selection; necessity; not a pin to choose; (equality); any, the first that comes; that or nothing.

Choice

Use option, use discretion, exercise option, exercise discretion, one's option; adopt, take up, embrace, espouse; choose, elect, opt for; take one's choice, make one's choice; make choice of, fix upon.

Select; pick and choose; pick out, single out; cull, glean, winnow; sift the chaff from the wheat, separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat; pick up, pitch upon; pick one's way; indulge one;s fancy.

Equality

Equivalence; equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum;equivalence; equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum; identity; similarity.

Crosswords: Choose

All I do is what he tells me to do. If I had to choose between that and the Matrix, I'd choose the Matrix (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

The difference between you and I is that you can leave anytime you choose. But this is my home (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

You are what you choose to be. (The Iron Giant; writing credit: Brad Bird and Tim McCanlies, based on the novel and play 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes.)

I chose not to choose life, I choose something else (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge)

They always choose the most intellectually devoid stuff on the rack (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

I will live or die you choose. (Choose; performing artist: Color Me Badd)

You choose you learn (You Learn; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

If I can choose a place to go it gotta be far away (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez)

And I choose you again (My First Love; performing artist: Avant)

What's too painful to remember we simply choose to forget ("The Way We Were"; performing artist: Barbra Streisand)

Deciding not to choose is still making a choice. (references; author: unknown)

An error doesn't become a mistake until you choose to ignore it. (references; author: unknown)

The nice thing about standards is, there are so many to choose from. (references; author: unknown)

If you decide not to choose, then you've already made the wrong choice! (references; author: unknown)

How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America? (references; author: unknown)

If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews? (references; author: unknown)

Pick and Choose (1971)

Choose Up Sides (1956)

She Had to Choose (1934)

Choose Your Weapons (1922)

How to Choose a Wife (1980)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Guide to College Majors: Everything You Need to Know to Choose the Right Major (Princeton Review Series) (reference)

• How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby: The Method Best Supported by Scientific Evidence (reference)

• How We Choose to Be Happy: The 9 Choices of Extremely Happy People, Their Secets, Their Stories (reference)

• The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market (reference)

• The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Choose Me (reference)

• Mummy: The Choose Your Own Nightmare (reference)

• Pokemon - I Choose You! Pikachu! (Vol. 1) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Choose [#1] [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

• Heaven Or Hell: You've Got to Choose (reference)

• I Choose Love (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• PC Concepts Choose Your Weapon Gamepack Bundle - Joystick and Gamepad (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown is marinated beef steak with potato vegetable salad. Choose lean cuts of meat and trim all fat. Serve fruit for dessert. Potato salad can be made with low fat dressing instead of mayonnaise. This was a poster in the "Healthy Eating Tips" series. See artwork: PV-30. Credit: Len Rizzi (photographer).

From an overhead angle, 2 pieces of red meat are shown with a knife on a cutting board, sitting on a white tile counter. Above the image, red lettering reads: "Choose lean meats, trim extra fats, avoid adding fat in cooking". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" February 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Merokok atau Kesihatan Pilihlah Kesihatan : Smoking or Health Choose Health. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Choose Good Nutrition For Today & Tomorrow. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Choose safer sex. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[WHO Poster/Russian language] Tobacco or Health: Choose Health?. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Choose your life. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

This enables the male rat to choose his exit the moment he has entered. Credit: Library of Congress.

If he does not choose --. Credit: Library of Congress.

You may have to choose! / Gib Crockett. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And if any one of the five and twenty barons shall have died or departed from the land, or be incapacitated in any other manner which would prevent the foresaid provisions being carried out, those of the said twenty five barons who are left shall choose another in his place according to their own judgment, and he shall be sworn in the same way as the others. (reference)

There are great and apparent conjectures, says he, that these men, speaking of those of Peru, for a long time had neither kings nor commonwealths, but lived in troops, as they do this day in Florida, the Cheriquanas, those of Brazil, and many other nations, which have no certain kings, but as occasion is offered, in peace or war, they choose their captains as they please, 1. (Second Treatise of Government)

And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. (reference)

All this means that the people of any country have the right, and should have the power by constitutional action, by free unfettered elections, with secret ballot, to choose or change the character or form of government under which they dwell; that freedom of speech and thought should reign; that courts of justice, independent of the executive, unbiased by any party, should administer laws which have received the broad assent of large majorities or are consecrated by time and custom. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Choose one of them, darling

We choose this time because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices

I don't want to know, I don't want to see, I don't want to hear, he yelled as he ran, "this is not my planet, I didn't choose to be here, I don't want to get involved, just get me out of here, and get me to a party, with people I can relate to!

If thou so choose, it will bear thee back again

I must eat or be eaten, and I choose to eat.

You must choose the pure oil and you must be careful when you pour it in not to overflow it, not to pour in more than the funnel can hold

Nay, then indeed she cannot choose but hate thee, Having bought love with such a bloody spoil

I choose the fluffy pilla

In their marriages they are exactly careful to choose such colors as will not make any disagreeable mixture in the breed

Or, if you choose to go farther, it will not be unwise, for I have found the increase of fair bait to be very nearly as the squares of the distances

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

You may also choose to forgo treatment. (references)

Some people choose to abstain from alcohol. (references)

This publication will help you choose the right foods. (references)

Business

Students can choose to attend schools in either system. (references)

Other companies choose to operate through PHZ Bumar group. (references)

Now end-users are free to choose vendors and import machinery. (references)

Children

China

Those parents who choose to keep such children at home generally face difficulty in getting adequate medical care, day care, and education for them. (references)

Brazil

NGO's report that extreme poverty at home or sexual abuse by fathers and stepfathers are the principal reasons that many children choose to live in the streets. (references)

Cyprus

Parents thus are forced in many instances to choose between keeping their children with them or sending them to the south for further education (in which case Turkish Cypriot authorities no longer allow them to return permanently to the north). (references)

Civil Liberties

Belarus

In practice the right to choose one's residence remains restricted. (references)

Switzerland

In all cantons, an individual may choose not to contribute to church funding. (references)

Chad

Some family members of persons who have joined the northern rebellion choose to leave the country for security reasons. (references)

Economic History

Chile

Accordingly, litigants often choose to settle out of court. (references)

Malaysia

Many firms choose to include mandatory arbitration clauses in their contracts. (references)

Pakistan

Many purchasers choose a complete turnkey package, which often includes employee training. (references)

Human Rights

Cuba

The ANPP and its lower level counterparts choose all judges. (references)

Uruguay

Most judges choose the written method, a major factor slowing the judicial process. (references)

Iran

The trial was closed, and the defendants were not allowed to choose their own lawyers. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

Every 3 years, indigenous people elect representatives to sit on 35 regional councils and the Torres Strait Regional Authority, who in turn choose 17 commissioners comprising the ATSIC Board. (references)

Malaysia

In June National Human Rights Commissioner Anuar Zainal Abidin identified violations of rights of indigenous people resulting from construction of the Bakun Dam in Sarawak, including the lack of freedom to choose a location for resettlement and the amount of compensation. (references)

Minorities

Uzbekistan

In addition some members of other ethnic groups choose for a variety of reasons to declare themselves to be ethnic Uzbeks. (references)

Political Economy

Indonesia

Those who choose not to repatriate will be resettled in Indonesia. (references)

CHINA

Workers are free to choose whether or not to join one of these official unions. (references)

Austria

Citizens choose their representatives in periodic, free, and fair multiparty elections. (references)

Political Rights

Monaco

He may choose to consult it on other matters as well. (references)

Cameroon

While alone inside a closed booth, citizens choose a ballot and seal it into an envelope. (references)

Gabon

The ability of citizens to choose their subnational governments remained limited in practice. (references)

Trade

India

Banks are free to choose their auditors. (references)

Burma

The parties can choose independent arbitrators. (references)

Ukraine

They differ by tax concessions granted to business entities that choose to operate in the zones. (references)

Travel

Australia

The business traveler to Australia can choose from a full range of hotels, from budget to international standard. (references)

Sri Lanka

Some expats choose to negotiate long-term living arrangements with five-star hotels for suites or rooms with kitchenettes. (references)

Honduras

Arriving visitors can choose from a wide variety of suitable hotel and bed and breakfast accommodations in major cities and tourist areas of Honduras. (references)

Women

Iran

However, many women choose not to work outside the home. (references)

Pakistan

The father reportedly opposed his daughter's efforts to choose a spouse without parental consent. (references)

Mali

Prospective spouses choose between polygynous and monogamous marriages; both parties must consent to the marriage. (references)

Worker Rights

Croatia

Labor and management choose the mediator together. (references)

Guatemala

Usually traffickers choose pretty girls that belong to poor families. (references)

Monaco

The Government allows companies to reduce the workweek to 35 hours if they so choose. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "choose": as you choose ♦ Can not choose but ♦ choose a vocation ♦ choose between ♦ choose between a and b ♦ choose by counting ♦ choose by lot ♦ choose from sample ♦ choose from smth. ♦ choose up ♦ choose wisely ♦ not much to choose ♦ of two evils choose the less ♦ of two evils choose the lesser ♦ pick and choose ♦ To choose sides. Additional references.

Beginning with "choose": choose-and-follow.

Afrikaans

verkies (elect, pick, pick out, prefer), kies (elect, pick, pick out). (various references)

Albanian

zgjedh (constitute, cull, disentangle, draft, draught, elect, embrace, opt, pick, pick out, select, single out, solve, take), vendos (arrange, be determined, Canton, compose, conclude, dare, decide, determine, dispose, elect, elicit, emplace, establish, fix, house, induct, instal, install, instate, judge, lay, locate, make up one's mind, place, propose, put, quarter, recline, resolve, rule, seat, set, settle, situate, station, Stow, take the plunge, will), preferoj (affect, elect, prefer), dua (aim, appreciate, be fond of, be keen on, be willing to, care, care for, do with, fancy, intend, like, love, please, seek, take a fancy to, want, wish), dëshiroj (aspire, care, crave, desiderate, desire, like, list, love, please, want, wish, wish for). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فضل (advantage, excel, favor, favour, grace, graciousness, merit, outshine, prefer, priority, surpass), ‏قرر (affirm, be decided, be determined, be resolved to, conclude, condition, decide, destine, determine, dispose, establish, figure, figure out, fix, make acknowledge, make confess, make up one's mind, plump for, propose, regulate, resolve, rule, set, settle, state), ‏إصطفى, ‏إختار (cull, discriminate, elect, name, nominate, opt, pack, pick out, plump for, pronounce, select, single, slate, tag, take, tap), ‏أراد (care, intend, want, will, wish, would), ‏رغب (care, crave, desire, feel like, give the willies, interest, want, will, wish), ‏رأى من المناسب. (various references)

Bulgarian 

решавам (adjudicate, conclude, decide, determine, elect, figure out, make up one's mind, resolve, seal, settle, solve, work), намирам за добре (elect, please), предпочитам (affect, elect, lean, like better, prefer, see), искам (ask, call for, demand, desire, like, list, please, postulate, request, require, seek, tax, want, will, wilt, wish, would), избирам (cull, elect, make, mark down, name, opt, pick, pick out, put in, return, select, settle on, single out, sort out). (various references)

Catalan

triar (elect, pick out). (various references)

Chinese 

选择 (Alternative, Choice, Choosing, Chosen, option, select, selected, Selecting, selection), 諏 (consult), 選取 , 推選 (elect), 推舉 (elect), 挑選 (select), 挑 (carry on a pole, incite), 揀 (pick up). (various references)

Czech

zvolit (elect, make, return, vote), vybírat (collect, handpick, pick, pick out, take out). (various references)

Danish

vælge (elect, pick out). (various references)

Dutch

uitlezen (elect, pick out, read, read out), uitkiezen (elect, pick out), kiezen (elect, pick out, vote). (various references)

Esperanto

elektu, elekti (elect, pick out), elektas. (various references)

Faeroese

velja (elect, pick out, prefer), kjósa (elect, pick out). (various references)

Farsi 

پسندیدن (Accept, Allow), گزیدن (Bite, Select, Sting), خواستن (Ask, Beg, Bone, Call, Desire, Intend, Solicit, Want, Will, Wish), انتخاب کردن (Chap, Elect, Select, Single). (various references)

Finnish

valita (elect, pick, pick out, select). (various references)

French

choisir (chose, to choose). (various references)

Frisian

kieze (elect, pick out), ferkieze (elect, pick out). (various references)

German

wählen (adopt, be decided, chosen, dial, elect, hold a ballot, make one's choice, opt, pick, pick out, polling, return, select, take, take a ballot, to ballot (for), to choose, to select, vote, vote in, voting), auswählen (chosen, elect, pick, pick out, select, selects, single out, to select), aussuchen (pick, pick on, pick out, select, sort out, to choose, to pick out), auszuwählen. (various references)

Greek 

επιλέγω (conclude, fix on, make a choice, select), διαλέγω (elect, garble, go for, pick, pick out, select, single somebody out, sort). (various references)

Hebrew 

לבחור (opt, pick, select), לברור (clarify, cull, opt, pick out, single out), בחר (vote). (various references)

Hungarian

választ (chose, chosen, elect, opt, pick out, select, to chair, to choose, to cull, to elect, to embrace, to opt). (various references)

Indonesian

memilih (coopt, elect, opt, pick out). (various references)

Italian

scegliere (cull, elect, pick, pick out, select, single, single out, to choose), eleggere (appoint, dial, elect, pick, pick out, put in, return, vote, vote in). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

選ぶ (optone's, prefer, select). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おおくのなかからえらぶ (to choose among many things), ぼくする (to choose, to divine, to fix, to tellfortune), うらなう (to choose, to fix, to forecast, to predict, to settle, to tell a fortune), めうつり (difficulty in choosing, distraction, inability to choose), よいひをえらぶ (to choose a luckyday), よりぬく (to choose, to select), よる (evening, night, to approach, to be caused by, to be due to, to choose, to come from, to depend on, to drop in, to lean on, to rest against, to select, to visit), けいたりがたくていたりがたし (There is little to choose between the two), じゆうけっこん, みたてる (to choose, to select), みはからう (to choose at one's own discretion), とる (to adopt, to assume, to attend, to capture, to catch, to choose, to command, to earn, to harvest, to make, to pick, to pick up, to take), えりぬく (to choose, to select), えらぶ (to choose, to select). (various references)

Korean 

선택하십시요. (various references)

Malay

pilih (elect, pick out), memilih (elect, pick out). (various references)

Manx

tughtey, teiy (ballot, balloting, choice, cream, cream best, cull, discrimination, division; tomahawk, gather, highlight; selection, pick, pick over, poll; prime, select, vote), reih (champion, choice, correct, correct as behaviour, discrimination, elect, favourite, opt, option, preferred, single out). (various references)

Maya

teet (to choose). (various references)

Mohawk

-erakwas (to choose). (various references)

Papago

gawulkath (to choose). (various references)

Papiamen

skohe (elect, pick out), kis (elect, pick out), eskohé (elect, pick out), eligí (elect, pick out). (various references)

Pig Latin

oosechay.(various references)

Polish

wybrać (elect, pick out), wybierać (elect, pick out). (various references)

Portuguese

escolher (adopt, cull, elect, like, list, opt, pick, pick out, run up, select, single, sort, sort out, take, to choose), optar (elect, opt, pick out), eleger (appoint, constitute, elect, pick out). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

escolher (to choose). (various references)

Romanian

alege (appear, become, churn, cull, decide, distinguish, elect, extract, glean, Peel, pick, pick on, pick out, refuse, reject, remain, result, return, screen, select, separate, shell, sift, single out, sort, sunder, take one's choice, winnow). (various references)

Russian 

выбрать (elect, pick out), выбирать (bouse, bows, chose, chosen, elect, fetch, opt, pick, pick out, round in, select, selects, single out, take). (various references)

Scottish

tagh (elect, select), sònruich (appoint, ordain, particularise). (various references)

Sepedi

kgetha (to choose). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

odlučiti (chose, conclude, decide, decree, determine, resolve, set one's mind on doing smth., settle, will), izabrati (chose, elect, number among, opt, pick, pick out, select), birati (chose, dial). (various references)

Shona

-sarudza (to choose). (various references)

Sicilian

scegghiri (to choose). (various references)

Spanish

escoger (cull, elect, Favor, favour, go for, look out, mark down, mark out, opt, pick, pick out, select), elegir (constitute, elect, Favor, favour, opt, peek, pick on, pick out, read out, return, select, tip, vote in). (various references)

Swazi

kú-khetsa (to choose). (various references)

Swedish

välja (chose, elect, opt, opt for, select, vote), utvälja (select), utse (name, nominate, select), kora (elect, pick out). (various references)

Thai

เลือก (co-opt, opt, opt for, take). (various references)

Turkish

seçmek (adopt, be particular about, co opt, constitute, coopt, cull, decide on, decide up, descry, distinguish, elect, hand-pick, intend, intend for, look out, opt, perceive, pick, pick out, plump for, postulate, select, single out, spot). (various references)

Turkmen 

seзmek (shatter), saяlamak. (various references)

Ukrainian

хотіти (care, desire, please, want, will, wish), відбирати (abstract, defraud, denude, deprive, draft, draught, pick over), віддавати перевагу (advantage, like, prefer), вважати необхідним, вирішувати (appoint, arbitrate, aread, conclude, decide, decree, elect, resolve, settle, solve), вибирати (adopt, elect, opt, pick, pick on, select, single out), обирати (elect, embrace), бажати (admire, care, desire, please, want, will, wish), підбирати (clean up, gather in, gather up, sample). (various references)

Welsh

dichlyn (careful, circumspect, exact, pick), dewis (choice, select), dethol (pick, select). (various references)

Zulu

-vota (elect, pick out, vote), -khetha (elect, pick out). (various references)

cumelecta, designavi, designavit, desumo, electa, electae, electam, electas, electi, electis, electo, electorum, electos, electrix, electum, electus, elegerat, elegerim, elegerint, elegeris, elegerit, elegeritis, elegero, elegerunt, elegi, elegimus, elegisti, elegistis, elegit, elegitque, eligam, eligamus, eligans, eligant, eligantur, eligatur, elige, eligens, eligent, eligere, eligerent, eligeret, eliget, eligetur, eligite, eligitur, eligo, eligunt, lego, optabam, optabant, optare, optat, optata, optatis, optaverat, optavi, opto, sortiri, sortiti, sortito, sortiturae, sortitus, sumo. (various references)

fraoret. (various references)

ceosan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "choose": chooser, choosers, chooses, choosey. (additional references)

Words ending with "choose": rechoose. (additional references)

Words containing "choose": rechooses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Choose" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chaouen, cheosen, chitosan, Chiusa, Chiusi, choade, Chobe, choes, choise, cholos, chooe, chooose, choos, choosed, choosen, chorse, chos, chosx, choz, cohos, conose, coose, Coosje, cooze, hoose, Kooee, shoose. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: chose, cohos, echos.

-2 letters: coho, coos, cosh, echo, hoes, hose, oohs, shoe, shoo.

-3 letters: coo, cos, hes, hoe, oes, oho, ohs, ooh, ose, sec, she.

-4 letters: eh, es, he, ho, oe, oh, os, sh, so.

+1 letter: chooser, chooses, choosey, cooches, hooches, mooches, pooches, soroche.

+2 letters: brooches, cheroots, choosers, choosier, cohesion, cohoshes, cohosted, hencoops, hootches, isochore, moochers, ocherous, ochreous, rechoose, reschool, schmoose, schmooze, schooled, schooner, smooched, smooches, soroches.

+3 letters: chenopods, chloroses, choosiest, chophouse, coalholes, cockhorse, cohesions, cohobates, coholders, cohostess, cookhouse, foreshock, hemocoels, hodoscope, horoscope, housecoat, isochores, isochrone, outechoes, poechores, preschool, rechooses, reschools, schmoosed, schmooses, schmoozed, schmoozes, schoolmen, schooners, scrooched, scrooches, zoochores.