![]() ![]() He could afford to take it easy and he picked and chose carefully whatever he wanted to do.We have to choose between doing geography or studying another language.Seattle has been chosen as the venue for next year's conference.He chose Armagh as his center of power.Will you help me choose a present for Warren?.The city chose a new mayor on Tuesday.→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpus choose take your pick especially spoken to choose anything you want, especially when there are many different things available You can take your pick from Bodrum’s many bars and restaurants. single out to choose one person or thing from a group because they are better, worse, more important etc than the others Why should he be singled out for special treatment? One student was singled out for special attention. decide on to choose something from many possible things, especially when the decision has been difficult or taken a long time Thomas had decided on a career as a writer. opt for/go for to choose one thing instead of another Many car buyers opt for used vehicles. All our instructors are carefully selected. select formal to choose something, especially after thinking carefully The committee will meet to select a new chairman. Pick is more informal than choose Pick any number from one to ten. Which dessert should I choose? pick to choose something, especially without thinking carefully. 3 → there is little/nothing to choose between something THESAURUS choose to decide which one of several things you want I chose a black dress. You can, if you choose, invest in the stock market. 2 DECIDE to decide to do something because that is what you prefer to do choose to do something I chose to ignore his advice. choose somebody/something for something Why did you choose me for the job? choose which/whether/what etc You can choose what you want to do first. choose somebody/something as something The company chose London as its base. choose somebody/something to do something They chose Donald to be their leader. choose to do something I chose to learn German rather than French. choose from You can choose from a wide range of vehicles. choose between For pudding we could choose between ice cream and apple tart. I don’t mind which one we have – you choose. He chose his words carefully as he spoke. A panel of judges will choose the winner. S1 W1 verb ( past tense chose / tʃəʊz $ tʃoʊz /, past participle chosen / ˈtʃəʊz ən $ ˈtʃoʊ- / ) 1 DECIDE to decide which one of a number of things or people you want → choice It took us ages to choose a new carpet.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ldoce_712_z choose choose / tʃuːz / ![]()
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