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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To select from a number of possible alternatives; decide on and pick out.
  • v. To prefer above others: chooses the supermarket over the neighborhood grocery store.
  • v. To determine or decide: chose to fly rather than drive.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a choice; make a selection: was used to doing as she chose.
  • phrasal-verb. choose up To choose players and form sides or teams for a game, such as baseball or softball.
  • idiom. cannot choose but Can only do; cannot do otherwise: We cannot choose but to observe the rules.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To elect.
  • v. To pick.
  • v. To decide to act in a certain way.
  • conjunction. The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.
  • n. The act of choosing; selection.
  • n. The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.
  • n. Scope for choice.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect.
  • v. To wish; to desire; to prefer.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a selection; to decide.
  • verb-intransitive. To do otherwise.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To select from two or more; make a choice of in preference to another or others, or to something else.
  • To prefer and decide: with an infinitive as object: as, he chose to make the attack.
  • To prefer to have; be inclined or have a preference for.
  • Synonyms Choose, Prefer, Elect, Select, fix upon, pitch upon, adopt. Choose is the most general of these words, but always represents an act of the will; it is the taking of one or some where all are not wanted or cannot be had. Choice may be founded upon preference or modified by necessity. Prefer represents a verdict of the judgment or a state of the inclination; it emphasizes more than does choose the leaving of the rest: he who prefers apples to oranges will choose apples when he has the opportunity of choice; one may by inclination prefer to work at night, but, on grounds of health, choose to work only by day. Elect has an exact use in theology; its principal use otherwise is to express the choice of persons, by ballot or otherwise, for office, membership in societies, etc.: as, to be elected alderman or treasurer; to elect certain studies in a college is to choose them formally. Select represents a careful, discriminating choice.
  • To elect; make a choice; decide.
  • To prefer; desire; wish.— To have one's choice; do as one pleases.
  • To direct one's steps; choose one's way.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way
  • v. select as an alternative over another
  • v. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
  • Verb Form
    chooses    choosing    chose    chosen   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    evaluate    pass judgment    judge   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    chosen    chose   
    Hyponym
    cop out    opt out   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    elect    syn    adopt    prefer    follow    wish    desire    decide   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chartreuse    Cruz    Druse    Druze    Hughes    Jews    Loos    Mahfouz    Meuse    Muse   
    Same Context
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