What is "choose" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does choose mean in English? Meaning of choose definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "choose" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "choose": pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

Verb

  • Meaning: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
  • Example: Take any one of these cards Choose a good husband for your daughter She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
  • Synonyms: choose pick out select take
  • Hyponyms: adopt anoint assign cream off cull out define determine dial draw elect empanel espouse excerpt extract field fix follow go impanel limit nominate panel pick pick over plump propose screen screen out set set apart sieve sieve out sift single out skim off sort specify take out think of vote vote in winnow
  • Hypernyms: decide determine make up one's mind
  • Meaning of "choose": select as an alternative over another

    Verb

  • Meaning: select as an alternative over another
  • Example: I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant She opted for the job on the East coast
  • Synonyms: choose opt prefer
  • Hyponyms: cop out opt out
  • Meaning of "choose": see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way

    Verb

  • Meaning: see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way
  • Example: She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam
  • Synonyms: choose
  • Hypernyms: evaluate judge pass judgment
  • Synonyms:

    appoint, elect, name, want, cast, adopt, prefer, accept, favor, embrace, take, determine, judge, love, designate, sort, desire, predestine, tap, separate, excerpt, glean, winnow, slot, fancy, wish, will, crave, tag, finger, espouse, weigh, extract, cull, co-opt, call for, tab, take up, wish for, single out, commit oneself, decide on, discriminate between, draw lots, feel disposed to, fix on, make choice, make decision, opt for, see fit, set aside, settle upon, sift out, make up one's mind,

    Antonyms:

    refuse, reject, ignore, dislike, hate, repudiate, disallow, abstain, insert, receive, repulse, neglect, not want,

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