Choose

  • 21choose — verb (chose; chosen; choosing) Etymology: Middle English chosen, from Old English cēosan; akin to Old High German kiosan to choose, Latin gustare to taste Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to select freely and after …

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  • 22choose — [[t]tʃuz[/t]] v. chose, cho•sen, choos•ing 1) to select from a number of possibilities: She chose July for her wedding[/ex] 2) to prefer or decide (to do something): to choose to speak[/ex] 3) to want or desire, as one thing over another 4) to… …

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  • 23choose*/*/*/ — [tʃuːz] (past tense chose [tʃəʊz] ; past participle chosen [ˈtʃəʊz(ə)n] ) verb [I/T] 1) to decide which person or thing you want from a number of people or things Do you feel that you chose the wrong career?[/ex] There is a huge range of holidays …

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  • 24choose — [OE] Choose is a verb of ancient pedigree. It can be traced back to the prehistoric Indo European base *geus , whose descendants in other Indo European languages include Latin gustus ‘taste’, source of English gusto and gustatory and French goût …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 25choose — [OE] Choose is a verb of ancient pedigree. It can be traced back to the prehistoric Indo European base *geus , whose descendants in other Indo European languages include Latin gustus ‘taste’, source of English gusto and gustatory and French goût …

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  • 26choose up — verb Date: 1850 transitive verb to form (sides) especially for a game by having opposing captains choose their players intransitive verb to form sides for a game < let s choose up and play ball > …

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  • 27choose — Synonyms and related words: adopt, aim at, be desirous of, choose to, choosy, co opt, command, covet, crave, cull, decide, decree, delicate, desiderate, desire, determine, elect, embrace, espouse, fancy, fastidious, favor, finical, finicking,&#8230; …

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  • 28choose — [c]/tʃuz / (say choohz) verb (chose, chosen or, Obsolete, chose, choosing) –verb (t) 1. to select from a number, or in preference to another or other things or persons. 2. to prefer and decide (to do something): she chose to stand for election. 3 …

  • 29choose —   Koho, ho okoho, wae, ho owae, waewae.    ♦ To choose rightly, koho pololei.    ♦ To choose arbitrarily, at random, koho honua …

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  • 30choose — see never choose your women or your linen by candlelight of two evils choose the less …

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