choose

== English == === Alternative forms === chuse (archaic) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English chesen, from Old English ċēosan (“to choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test, accept, settle for, approve”), from Proto-West Germanic *keusan, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to test; to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwseti (“to choose, taste”), from *ǵews- (“to taste, try”). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: cho͞oz (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t͡ʃuːz/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /t͡ʃuz/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ʃʉːz/ Homophone: chews (not in Wales) Rhymes: -uːz ==== Verb ==== choose (third-person singular simple present chooses, present participle choosing, simple past chose or (nonstandard) choosed, past participle chosen or (nonstandard) choosed or (now colloquial) chose) To pick; to make the choice of; to select. To elect. To decide to act in a certain way. To prefer; to wish; to desire. ===== Usage notes ===== This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== choice choosy chosen ===== Translations ===== ==== Conjunction ==== choose (mathematics) The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number. The number of distinct subsets of size k from a set of size n is ( n k ) {\displaystyle {\tbinom {n}{k}}} or "n choose k". ===== See also ===== Binomial coefficient on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === From Middle English chose, chos, chooce, a Northern dialectal form of Middle English chois (“choice”). Cognate with Scots chose, choose, chuse (“choosing, choice, selection”). Doublet of choice, which see for more. ==== Noun ==== choose (plural chooses) (obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) The act of choosing; selection. (obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “choose”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “choose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Choose”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Cohoes, cohoes, ooches