choose

IPA: tʃˈuz

noun

  • (obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) The act of choosing; selection.
  • (obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.

verb

  • To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
  • To elect.
  • To decide to act in a certain way.
  • To prefer; to wish; to desire.
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Examples of "choose" in Sentences

  • It may be true that we can act as we choose, but can we _choose_?
  • Customers can choose from a selection of products including olives, cheeses, cold meats and fish.
  • These being said, you can choose from a variety of upholstery fabrics and acrylic, wood, or steel legs.
  • For superdelegates, most of whom are active politicians, to choose is to lose the support of either the Obamaniacs or the Hillary-ites in their state or district.
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  • Beautiful wreathes made of fragrant greens, lights twinkling in a multitude of colors, ornaments glittering, Christmas stockings … you can choose from a variety of unique designs.
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  • I actually consider these games more interesting than those that only allow the player to do “good”, and while I typically choose to follow the “good” path, I like that I had to actually *choose* to follow it.
  • Thus, in "I may write if I choose," "may write" is by some classified as in the potential mood, but in reality the phrase _I may write_ is an indicative one while the second clause, _if I choose_, is the expression of a condition upon which, not my liberty to write, depends, but my actual writing.

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