- choose
- choose [ tʃuz ] (past tense chose [ tʃouz ] ; past participle chosen [ `tʃouzn ] ) verb intransitive or transitive ***to decide which you want from a number of people or things:Do you feel that you chose the wrong career?choose from: There is a huge range of vacations to choose from.choose between: She is forced to choose between her husband and her parents.choose which/where/whether etc.: How do you choose which car you are going to buy?I like this job because I can choose when and where I do the work.choose someone/something as something: Atlanta was chosen as the site for the 1996 Olympic Games.choose someone/something for something: Surely he wasn't just chosen for his good looks?choose someone/something out of someone/something: The winner was chosen out of thousands who sent in photos.a. to decide to do something:choose to do something: More and more people are choosing to live alone.choose to ignore: Hilary chose to ignore the doctor's warning.if someone so chooses: Why shouldn't they be allowed to come and live here if they so choose?choose your words (carefully)to think carefully about what you are saying:I'm sure the detectives did the best job they could, he said, choosing his words carefully.there is nothing/little to choose betweenused to say that there is very little or no difference between two people or things:There is little to choose between the different methods except for their cost.a woman's right to chooseused for saying that pregnant women should be legally allowed to decide whether to have the baby or have an ABORTION=> PICK1
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.