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choose

/t͡ʃuːz/
Meanings
  • verb

    to select or make a decision about something from among two or more alternatives

    - "I will choose between the red and the blue shirt."
    - "They choose to study engineering or medicine."
  • verb

    to select or pick out (something) from a group or collection

    - "Choose three fruits from the basket."
    - "Can you choose the correct answer?"
Pronunciation
  1. /t͡ʃuːz/



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Rhymes
Words rhyming with choose
muse , news , cruise , juice , snooze
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. choose (English) : to select or make a decision

  2. choose (Scottish Gaelic) : a chieftain, leader

  3. choose (Irish) : to make, create

Variants
List of all variants of choose that leads to same result
choose , chooser , choosers , chooses , choosing , chose , chosen , chuse , choose up , chooses up , choosing up , chose up , chosen up , choose sides , pick , pick and choose , pick at , pick on , pick the brain of , pick the brains of , picked , picked and chose , picked and chosen , picked at , picked on , picked the brain of , picked the brains of , picking , picking and choosing , picking at , picking on , picking the brain of , picking the brains of , picks , picks and chooses , picks at , picks on , picks the brain of , picks the brains of , choose/pick sides , pick sides , choose your poison , pick your poison , pick/choose your poison
Forms
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chooses, choosing, chosen, choosier, choosiest

Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English cwēosan, from cwēos ‘voice, choice, decision’. Related to Old Norse kjōsa ‘to choose’ and choose is derived from the Proto-Germanic root *kweus-, meaning ‘voice’.

Trivia
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  1. The word 'choose' appears 34 times in the King James Version of the Bible.

  2. In the game 'Monopoly', players can 'choose' to buy or sell properties based on the roll of the dice.

Related Concepts
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  1. decision making: The process of making a choice between multiple alternatives based on available information and considering the potential consequences of each option.

  2. selection: The act of choosing or picking out something from a group or collection.

Quotes
Quotes by authors and personalities

  1. Any summary I might try to write for the rest of the novel would be worthless and I don't "choose" to waste my time at it.

    - Flannery O'Connor,{it}The Habit of Being{/it},1979

  2. … as an instructor at New York University he "chose" to live by himself in lodgings that for the time must have been very expensive …

    - William Styron,{it}This Quiet Dust and Other Writings{/it},(1953) 1982

  3. I had been invited to "choose" certain things that I might want from the house, but although there were indeed a couple of things that I would have liked, I was withheld from making the trip …

    - Alice Adams,"Why I Write",{"source"=>"in {it}The Story and Its Writer{/it}, edited by Ann Charters", "aqdate"=>"1987"}

  4. Each year thousands of college students "choose" volunteer-service trips over beach bumming during their spring breaks and summer vacations.

    - Edward M. Kennedy,{it}Time{/it},22 Sept. 2008
Culture
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In literature, choose has been used to describe the process of making decisions, often with significant consequences. For example, in Shakespeare's play 'Julius Caesar', Brutus and the other conspirators choose to assassinate Caesar to prevent him from becoming a tyrant. In music, the song 'The Choice is Yours' by Black Sheep encourages listeners to make their own decisions in life.

How to Memorize "choose"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a hand reaching out and selecting an option from a group.
    - Visualize making a decision between two alternatives.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'choose' with the idea of making a decision.
    - Think of the word 'decision' when you see or hear the word 'choose'.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'C-H-O-O-S-E': 'C' for 'consider', 'H' for 'hopefully', 'O' for 'options', 'O' for 'outcome', 'S' for 'success', and 'E' for 'evaluate' to help remember the meaning of 'choose'.

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