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choose

/t͡ʃuz/

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What does choose mean?

verb

  1. To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
  2. To elect.
  3. To decide to act in a certain way.
More meanings (4)

verb

  1. To prefer; to wish; to desire.

conjunction

  1. The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.

noun

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

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IPA pronunciation

/t͡ʃuz/

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See this word in context.

His object was now to get to Pennyways, and prevent a repetition of the announcement until such time as he should choose.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
They were trained together in their childhoods, and there rooted betwixt them then such an affection which cannot choose but branch now.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
More book examples (3)
And yet—if he could be back in that far-off spot with his youthful poverty—why, then he would choose to be a missionary.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
“You’re easily pleased. But you can do as you choose—a man in your shoes. You have made a pile of money, eh?”
Henry JamesThe AmericanProject Gutenberg ebook #177
A nation does not choose its institutions at will any more than it chooses the colour of its hair or its eyes.
Gustave Le BonThe crowd : $b A study of the popular mindProject Gutenberg ebook #445