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English
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 )
To pick ; to make the choice of; to select.
I chose a nice ripe apple from the fruit bowl.
1739 , [David Hume ], “Of the Influencing Motives of the Will”, in A Treatise of Human Nature: , book II (Of the Passions), London: John Noon, , →OCLC , part III (Of the Will and Direct Passions), page 249 :Secondly, VVhen in exerting any paſſion in action, vve chuſe means inſufficient for the deſign'd end, and deceive ourſelves in our judgment of cauſes and effects.
To elect .
He was chosen as president in 1990.
To decide to act in a certain way.
I chose to walk to work today.
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.
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 **
Derived terms
Translations
to pick
Acehnese: piléh
Afrikaans: kies (af)
Aklanon: pili'
Albanian: zgjedh (sq)
Arabic: اِخْتَارَ ( iḵtāra )
Egyptian Arabic: اختار ( iḵtār )
Armenian: ընտրել (hy) ( əntrel )
Assamese: বাছা ( basa ) বাছনি ( basoni ) , নিৰ্বাচন কৰা ( nirrason kora )
Asturian: escoyer , elixir
Azerbaijani: seçmək (az)
Bashkir: һайлау ( haylaw ) /һайҙау ( hayźaw )
Basque: aukeratu
Belarusian: выбіра́ць impf ( vybirácʹ ) , вы́браць pf ( výbracʹ )
Bengali: নির্বাচন করা ( nirbacon kora )
Bulgarian: подби́рам (bg) impf ( podbíram )
Burmese: ရွေး (my) ( rwe: )
Catalan: triar (ca) , escollir (ca) , elegir (ca)
Cebuano: pili
Chechen: харжа ( xarža )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 揀 / 拣 ( gaan2 ) , 選擇 / 选择 ( syun2 zaak6 )
Mandarin: 選擇 / 选择 (zh) ( xuǎnzé ) , 挑選 / 挑选 (zh) ( tiāoxuǎn )
Czech: volit (cs) impf , zvolit (cs) pf , vybírat (cs) impf , vybrat (cs) pf
Danish: vælge (da) , udvælge , foretrække
Dutch: kiezen (nl) , uitkiezen (nl)
Egyptian: (stp )
Esperanto: elekti
Estonian: valima
Even: хинма- ( hinma- )
Evenki: синма- ( sinma- )
Extremaduran: escohel
Finnish: valita (fi)
French: choisir (fr)
Friulian: sielzi , cerni
Galician: escoller (gl) , elixir (gl)
Georgian: ამორჩევა ( amorčeva )
German: wählen (de) , auswählen (de)
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 ( waljan )
Greek: διαλέγω (el) ( dialégo ) , επιλέγω (el) ( epilégo )
Ancient: αἱρέομαι ( hairéomai ) , ἐκλέγω ( eklégō )
Haitian Creole: chwazi
Hebrew: בחר (he) ( bakhár )
Higaonon: pili
Hindi: चुनना (hi) ( cunnā )
Hungarian: kiválaszt (hu)
Icelandic: velja (is)
Ido: selektar (io)
Ilocano: pili
Indonesian: memilih (id) , pilih (id)
Ingrian: valita
Ingush: хержа ( xerža )
Irish: roghnaigh , togh
Old Irish: do·goa
Italian: scegliere (it) , selezionare (it)
Japanese: 選ぶ (ja) ( えらぶ, erabu )
Javanese: milih (jv)
Kazakh: таңдау ( tañdau )
Khmer: រើស (km) ( rəəh ) , ជ្រើស (km) ( crəəh )
Korean: 고르다 (ko) ( goreuda )
Kyrgyz: тандоо (ky) ( tandoo )
Lao: ເລືອກ ( lư̄ak )
Latin: legō (la) , dēligō , ēligō , creō (la) , optō , dēsūmō
Latvian: atlasīt
Lingala: pono , kopono , kopono
Lithuanian: pasirinkti
Lombard: scernì (lmo)
Macedonian: и́збира impf ( ízbira )
Malay: pilih (ms)
Maltese: għażel
Mansaka: palli
Maori: whiri , kōwhiri
Maranao: piliq
Marathi: निवडणे (mr) ( nivaḍṇe )
Middle English: chesen
Mongolian: сонгох (mn) ( songox )
Nahuatl: pehpena
Nepali: छान्नु ( chānnu )
Ngazidja Comorian: utsungua
Norman: chouaîsi
Northern Thai: ᩃᩮᩬᩥᨠ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: velge (no)
Occitan: triar (oc) , causir (oc)
Old English: ċēosan
Old Javanese: pilih
Old Saxon: kiosan
Persian: گزیدن (fa) ( gazidan )
Polish: wybierać (pl) impf , wybrać (pl) pf
Portuguese: escolher (pt)
Quechua: akllay , akray
Romanian: alege (ro)
Romansch: tscherner , tscharner , tschearner
Russian: выбира́ть (ru) impf ( vybirátʹ ) , вы́брать (ru) pf ( výbratʹ )
Sanskrit: वृणोति (sa) ( vṛṇoti )
Scottish Gaelic: tagh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: изабрати , одабрати
Roman: izabrati (sh) , odabrati (sh)
Shan: လိူၵ်ႈ (shn) ( lōek )
Sinhalese: තෝරා ගන්නවා ( tōrā gannawā )
Slovak: vyberať impf , vybrať pf
Slovene: izbrati (sl)
Spanish: escoger (es) , elegir (es) , esleír , esleer , escogitar ( Latin America )
Swahili: kuchagua
Swedish: välja (sv)
Tagalog: pili (tl)
Tai Dam: ꪹꪩꪀ
Tajik: газидан (tg) ( gazidan )
Tatar: сайларга ( saylarga )
Tausug: pii
Tetum: hili
Thai: เลือก (th) ( lʉ̂ʉak ) , คัดเลือก (th) ( kát lêuak ) , คัด (th) ( kát ) , เฟ้น (th) ( fén )
Turkish: seçmek (tr)
Turkmen: seçmek , saýlamak
Ukrainian: вибира́ти impf ( vybyráty ) , ви́брати pf ( výbraty )
Urdu: چننا ( cunnā )
Uzbek: tanlamoq (uz)
Venetan: ẑernir (vec) , sièlder , sèlier , sèłier , sernìr , sèrner , sèrnar
Vietnamese: chọn (vi) , lựa chọn (vi) , kén chọn (vi)
Walloon: tchoezi (wa)
Welsh: dewis (cy)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: pili'
to elect
Arabic: اِخْتَارَ ( iḵtāra )
Armenian: ընտրել (hy) ( əntrel )
Aromanian: aleg
Assamese: বাছা ( basa ) বাছনি ( basoni ) , নিৰ্বাচন কৰা ( nirrason kora )
Asturian: escoyer , elixir
Bashkir: һайлау ( haylaw ) /һайҙау ( hayźaw )
Basque: aukeratu
Bulgarian: избирам (bg) ( izbiram )
Catalan: escollir (ca) , triar (ca) , elegir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 選舉 / 选举 (zh) ( xuǎnjǔ )
Czech: volit (cs) , zvolit (cs) , vyvolit
Danish: vælge (da) , kåre
Dutch: kiezen (nl) , verkiezen (nl)
Esperanto: elekti
Estonian: valima
Finnish: valita (fi)
French: élire (fr)
Galician: elixir (gl)
Georgian: ამორჩევა ( amorčeva )
German: wählen (de)
Greek: εκλέγω (el) ( eklégo )
Hebrew: בחר (he) ( bakhár )
Hindi: चुनना (hi) ( cunnā )
Hungarian: megválaszt (hu) , választ (hu)
Icelandic: velja (is)
Ido: elektar (io)
Ilocano: pili
Indonesian: memilih (id) , pilih (id)
Ingrian: valita
Irish: togh
Italian: eleggere (it)
Japanese: 選ぶ (ja) ( えらぶ, erabu )
Korean: 고르다 (ko) ( goreuda )
Latin: ēligō , dīligō , legō (la)
Latvian: izvēlēties
Lithuanian: išrinkti
Malay: pilih (ms)
Maltese: ħatar , talla’
Maori: kōwhiri , pōti (mi)
Marathi: निवडणे (mr) ( nivaḍṇe )
Middle English: chesen
Mongolian: сонгох (mn) ( songox )
Occitan: elegir (oc)
Persian: برگزیدن (fa) , انتخاب کردن (fa)
Polish: wybierać (pl) , wybrać (pl)
Portuguese: escolher (pt)
Quechua: akllay , akllai , akrai
Romanian: alege (ro)
Russian: выбира́ть (ru) impf ( vybirátʹ ) , вы́брать (ru) pf ( výbratʹ ) , избира́ть (ru) impf ( izbirátʹ ) , избра́ть (ru) pf ( izbrátʹ ) , взять (ru) ( vzjatʹ )
Scots: wale
Scottish Gaelic: tagh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: изабрати , одабрати
Roman: izabrati (sh) , odabrati (sh)
Slovene: izvoliti
Spanish: elegir (es) , esleer , esleír , escoger (es) , escogitar ( Latin America )
Swedish: välja (sv)
Tagalog: pili (tl)
Thai: เลือกตั้ง (th) ( lʉ̂ʉak-dtâng )
Turkish: seçmek (tr)
Udmurt: бырйыны ( byrjyny )
Ukrainian: вибира́ти ( vybyráty )
Urdu: چننا ( cunnā )
Vietnamese: chọn (vi)
Walloon: relére (wa)
Welsh: ethol (cy)
Yiddish: קלײַבן ( klaybn ) , אויסקלײַבן ( oysklaybn )
to decide to act in a certain way
Asturian: escoyer , elixir
Bulgarian: решавам (bg) ( rešavam )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 決定 / 决定 (zh) ( juédìng )
Czech: zvolit si pf , rozhodnout se (cs) pf
Danish: foretrække , have lyst , finde for godt
Dutch: kiezen (nl)
Finnish: päättää (fi)
French: décider (fr)
Galician: escoller (gl)
Georgian: გადაწყვეტა ( gadac̣q̇veṭa )
German: entscheiden (de)
Ilocano: pili
Irish: togh
Italian: decidere (it)
Korean: 선택하다 (ko) ( seontaekhada )
Latin: legō (la)
Maltese: iddeċieda
Middle English: chesen
Portuguese: escolher (pt) , escolher (pt) m
Romanian: vrea (ro) , prefera (ro)
Russian: реша́ть (ru) impf ( rešátʹ ) , реши́ть (ru) pf ( rešítʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: tagh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: одлучити , одабрати
Roman: odlučiti (sh) , odabrati (sh)
Spanish: escoger (es) , elegir (es) , esleer , esleír , escogitar ( Latin America )
Venetan: deciđer , desidar
Translations to be checked
Conjunction
choose
( 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
(
n
k
)
{\displaystyle {\tbinom {n}{k}}}
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 )
( obsolete , Northern England , Scotland ) The act of choosing ; selection .
( obsolete , Northern England , Scotland ) The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election .
References
“choose ”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
“choose ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
James A. H. Murray et al. , editors (1884–1928 ), “Choose”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary ), London: Clarendon Press , →OCLC .
Anagrams