Choose

English

Verb

Choose (third-person singular simple present chooses, present participle choosing, simple past chose, past participle chosen)

1. To elect.
2. To pick.
3. To decide to act in a certain way.

Adverbs for Choose

promiscuously; precisely; deliberately; unanimously ; inevitably; fastidiously; invariably; sedulously; universally; constitutionally; tactfully; tastefully; unselfishly; sensibly; shrewdly; ultimately; emotionally; definitely; mistakenly; sympathetically; logically; morally; unrestrictedly; arbitrarily; critically; irrelevantly; nonsensically; scrupulously; admirably; unaccountably; injudictously; haphazardly; appropriately; resolutely; righteously; prudently; instinctively; finally; discreetly; speedily.

Synonyms for Choose

pick, select, cull, collect, adopt, elect, prefer, arrange, remove, separate.

Antonyms for Choose

dismiss, refuse, reject, discard, repudiate, disclaim, decline, cast out, leave, throw aside.

Related terms

• choice
• choosey
• chosen

Thesaurus

select, settle on, settle upon, single out, take, take to, think fit, think good, think proper, want, will, wish, wish to goodness, wish very much, would fain do, adopt, aim at, be desirous of, choose to, choosy, co-opt, command, covet, crave, cull, decide, decree, delicate, desiderate, desire, determine, elect, embrace, espouse, fancy, fastidious, favor, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, have designs on, judge, like, love, lust, lust after, make choice of, mark, nice, opt, opt for, particular, pernickety, persnickety, pick, pick and choose, pick out, please, prefer, resolve, see fit,

Etymology

Middle English chosen, chesen from Old English ċēosan, eventually from Proto-Germanic *keusanan, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-. Cognate with Norwegian kjosa, Dutch kiezen, Icelandic kjósa, Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan).

Pronunciation

• enPR: cho͞oz, IPA: /tʃuːz/, SAMPA: /tSu:z/

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• Rhymes: -uːz
• Homophone: chews

Translations

to elect

Arabic: اختار (ar) (ikhtaara) Armenian: ընտրել (əntrel) Basque: aukeratu Bosnian: izabrati (bs), odabrati (bs) Bulgarian: избирам (bg) Catalan: escollir (ca), triar (ca), elegir (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 選舉 (cmn), 选举 (cmn) (xuǎnjǔ) Croatian: izabrati (hr), odabrati (hr) Czech: volit (cs), zvolit (cs) Danish: vælge (da), kåre (da) Dutch: kiezen (nl), verkiezen (nl) Esperanto: elekti (eo) Estonian: valima (et) Finnish: valita (fi) French: élire (fr) Georgian: ამორჩევა (ka) (amorčeva) German: wählen (de) Greek: εκλέγω (el) (eklégo) Hebrew: בחר (he) (bakhár) Hindi: चुनना (hi) (cunnā) Hungarian: megválaszt (hu), választ (hu) Icelandic: velja (is) Ilocano: pili Indonesian: memilih (id), pilih (id) Italian: eleggere (it)

Japanese: 選ぶ (ja) (えらぶ, erabu) Korean: 고르다 (ko) (goreuda) Latin: ēligo (la), dīligo (la), lego (la) Latvian: izvēlēties Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maltese: ħatar (mt), talla' (mt) Mongolian: сонгох (mn) (songoh) Persian: برگزیدن (fa) Polish: wybierać (pl), wybrać (pl) Portuguese: escolher (pt) Romanian: alege (ro) Russian: выбирать (ru) (vybirát’) impf., выбрать (ru) (výbrat’) pf., избирать (ru) (izbirát’) impf., избрать (ru) (izbrát’) pf., взять (ru) (vzjat’) Scots: wale (sco) Scottish Gaelic: tagh (gd) Serbian: izabrati (sr), odabrati (sr) Slovene: izvoliti Spanish: elegir (es) Swedish: välja (sv) Tagalog: pili Thai: เลือก (th) (lêuak), คัดเลือก (th) (kát lêuak) Turkish: seçmek (tr) Urdu: چننا (ur) (cunnā) Vietnamese: chọn (vi) Welsh: ethol (cy) Yiddish: קלײַבן (klaybn), אויסקלײַבן (oysklaybn)

to pick

Arabic: اختار (ar) (ikhtaara) Armenian: ընտրել (əntrel) Bosnian: izabrati (bs), odabrati (bs) Bulgarian: подбирам (bg), предпочитам (bg) Catalan: triar (ca), escollir (ca), elegir (ca) Chinese: Gan: 簡, 简 (gan3) Mandarin: 選擇 (cmn), 选择 (cmn) (xuǎnzé), 挑選 (cmn), 挑选 (cmn) (tiāoxuǎn) Croatian: izabrati (hr), odabrati (hr) Danish: udvælge (da), vælge (da), foretrække (da) Dutch: kiezen (nl), uitkiezen (nl) Finnish: valita (fi) French: choisir (fr) Georgian: ამორჩევა (ka) (amorčeva) German: auswählen (de), wählen (de) Greek: διαλέγω (el) (dialégo) Haitian Creole: chwazi Hebrew: בחר (he) (bakhár) Hindi: चुनना (hi) (cunnā) Hungarian: kiválaszt (hu)

Ilocano: pili Italian: scegliere (it), selezionare (it) Japanese: 選ぶ (ja) (えらぶ, erabu) Korean: 고르다 (ko) (goreuda) Latin: lego (la) Maltese: għażel (mt) Maori: whiri (mi) Persian: گزیدن (fa) (gazidan) Portuguese: escolher (pt) Romanian: alege (ro) Russian: выбирать (ru) (vybirát’) impf., выбрать (ru) (výbrat’) pf. Scottish Gaelic: tagh (gd) Serbian: izabrati (sr), odabrati (sr) Slovene: izbrati (sl) Spanish: escoger (es) Swedish: välja (sv) Tagalog: pili Thai: เลือก (th) (lêuak), คัดเลือก (th) (kát lêuak) Urdu: چننا (ur) (cunnā) Vietnamese: chọn (vi), lựa chọn (vi), kén chọn (vi) Welsh: dewis (cy)

to decide to act in a certain way

Bosnian: odlučiti (bs), odabrati (bs), Bulgarian: решавам (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 決定 (cmn), 决定 (cmn) (juédìng) Croatian: odlučiti (hr), odabrati (hr) Danish: foretrække (da), have lyst (da), finde for godt (da) Dutch: kiezen (nl) Finnish: päättää tehdä French: décider (fr) German: entscheiden (de)

Ilocano: pili Italian: decidere (it) Latin: lego (la) Maltese: iddeċieda (mt) Portuguese: escolher (pt), escolher (pt) m. Romanian: vrea (ro), prefera (ro) Russian: решать (ru) (rešát') impf., решить (ru) (rešít') pf. Scottish Gaelic: tagh (gd) Serbian: odlučiti (sr), odabrati (sr) Spanish: escoger (es), elegir (es)

Anagrams

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