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English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Middle English cheosen, chesen, from Old English ċēosan (“to choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test, accept, settle for, approve”), from Proto-West Germanic *keusan, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to taste, choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwseti, from *ǵews- (“to taste, try”).

Cognate with Scots chuise, cheese (“to choose”), North Frisian kese (“to choose”), Saterland Frisian kjoze (“to choose”), West Frisian kieze (“to choose”), Dutch kiezen (“to choose”), French choisir (“to choose”), Low German kesen (“to choose”), German Low German kiesen (“to pick, select”), archaic and partially obsolete German kiesen (“to choose”), Danish kyse (“to frighten (via ‘to charm, allure’ and ‘to enchant’)”), Norwegian kjose (“to choose”), Swedish tjusa (“to charm, allure, enchant”), Icelandic kjósa (“to choose, vote, elect”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan, “to test”), Latin gustō (“I taste, sample”), Ancient Greek γεύω (geúō, “to feed”), Sanskrit जोषति (jóṣati, “to like, enjoy”), Russian кушать (kúšatʹ, “to have a meal, to eat”).

Pronunciation

Verb

choose (third-person singular simple present chooses, present participle choosing, simple past chose or (nonstandard) choosed, past participle chosen or (nonstandard) choosed or (now colloquial) chose)

  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 prefer; to wish; to desire.
    • 2016, Justin Deschamps, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Choose truth, and find beauty. Choose love, and embrace change.
    • 1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], The Vicar of Wakefield: , volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: B. Collins, for F Newbery, , →OCLC; reprinted London: Elliot Stock, 1885, →OCLC:
      The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment.
Usage notes
Conjugation
Conjugation of choose
infinitive (to) choose
present tense past tense
1st-person singular choose chose, choosed*
2nd-person singular choose, choosest† chose, choosed*, chosest†, choosedst†
3rd-person singular chooses, chooseth† chose, choosed*
plural choose
subjunctive choose chose, choosed*
imperative choose —
participles choosing chosen, choosed*, chose**

†Archaic or obsolete. * Nonstandard. ** Colloquial.

Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to choose — see take
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Conjunction

choose

  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 or "n choose k".
See also

Etymology 2

From Middle English chose, chos, chooce, a Northern dialectal form of Middle English chois (“choice”). Cognate with Scots chose, choose, chuse (“choosing, choice, selection”). Doublet of choice, which see for more.

Noun

choose (plural chooses)

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

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