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UK [tʃuːz] / US [tʃuz] verb [intransitive/transitive]
Word forms "choose":
present tense I/you/we/they choose he/she/it chooses present participle choosing past tense chose UK [tʃəʊz] / US [tʃoʊz] past participle chosen UK [ˈtʃəʊz(ə)n] / US [ˈtʃoʊz(ə)n]
a) to decide which you want from a number of people or things

Do you feel that you chose the wrong career?

choose from:

There is a huge range of holidays to choose from.

choose between:

She is forced to choose between her husband and her parents.

choose which/where/whether etc:

How do you choose which car you are going to buy?

I like this job because I can choose when and where I do the work.

choose someone/something as something:

Atlanta was chosen as the site for the 1996 Olympic Games.

choose someone/something for something:

Surely he wasn't just chosen for his good looks?

choose someone/something out of someone/something:

The winner was chosen out of thousands who sent in photos.

b) to decide to do something
choose to do something:

More and more people are choosing to live alone.

choose to ignore:

Hilary chose to ignore the doctor's warning.

if someone so chooses:

Why shouldn't they be allowed to come and live here if they so choose?

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choose your words (carefully) — to think carefully about what you are saying

"I'm sure the inspectors did the best job they could," he said, choosing his words carefully.

there is nothing/little to choose between — used to say that there is very little or no difference between two people or things

There is little to choose between the different methods except for their cost.

See:

English dictionary. 2014.

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  • Choose — may refer to: Choice, the act of judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one of them for action Binomial coefficient, a mathematical function describing number of possible selections of subsets ( seven choose two ) Morra (game), a… …   Wikipedia

  • choose — (v.) O.E. ceosan choose, taste, try (class II strong verb; past tense ceas, pp. coren), from P.Gmc. *keusanan (Cf. O.Fris. kiasa, O.S. kiosan, Du. kiezen, O.H.G. kiosan, Ger. kiesen, O.N. kjosa, Goth. kiusan choose ), from PIE root …   Etymology dictionary

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  • choose — I verb act on one s own authority, adopt, appoint, be disposed to, be resolute, be so minded, co opt, commit oneself to a course, cull, decide, deligere, desire, determine, determine upon, discriminate, discriminate between, do of one s own… …   Law dictionary

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