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 between

used 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 choose

used for saying that pregnant women should be legally allowed to decide whether to have the baby or have an ABORTION

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