Choose

Pronunciation

• enPR: choÍžoz, IPA: /tʃuːz/
• Rhymes: -uːz
• Homophones: chews

Alternative forms

• chuse

From Middle English chosen, chesen, from Old English ċēosan ("to choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test, accept, settle for, approve"), from Proto-Germanic *keusaną ("to taste, choose"), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- ("to taste, choose, enjoy"). Cognate with Scots chose, chese ("to choose"), French choisir ("to choose"), North Frisian kese ("to choose"), West Frisian kieze ("to choose"), Dutch kiezen ("to choose"), Low German kesen ("to choose"), German kiesen ("to choose"), Danish kyse ("to choose"), Norwegian kjose ("to choose"), Swedish tjusa ("to charm, allure"), Icelandic kjósa ("to choose, vote, elect"), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan, "to test"), Latin gustō ("taste, sample", verb.).

Full definition of choose

Verb

1. To pick; to make the choice of; to select.I chose a nice ripe apple from the fruit bowl.
2. To elect.He was chosen as president in 1990
3. To decide to act in a certain way.I chose to walk to work today.
4. To wish; to desire; to prefer.
• GoldsmithThe landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment.

Usage notes

This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See

Related terms

• choice
• choosey
• chosen

Conjunction

1. (mathematics) The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.The number of distinct subsets of size k from a set of size n is $\backslash tbinom\; nk$ or "n choose k".

From Middle English chose, chos, chooce, from Middle English chosen ("to choose"). see above. Cognate with Scots chose ("choosing, choice, selection").

Noun

1. (dialectal or obsolete) The act of choosing; selection.
2. (dialectal or obsolete) The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.
3. (dialectal or obsolete) Scope for choice.

Anagrams

• cohoes