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English verb: choose | |||
| 1. | choose (cognition) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives | ||
| Samples | Take any one of these cards. Choose a good husband for your daughter. She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her. | ||
| Examples | They choose him to write the letter | ||
| Synonyms | pick out, select, take | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decide, determine, make up one's mind | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adopt, anoint, assign, cream off, cull out, define, determine, dial, draw, elect, elect, empanel, espouse, excerpt, extract, field, fix, follow, go, impanel, limit, nominate, panel, pick, pick over, plump, propose, screen, screen out, set, set apart, sieve, sieve, sieve out, sift, single out, skim off, sort, specify, specify, take out, think of, vote, vote in, winnow | ||
| 2. | choose (cognition) select as an alternative over another | ||
| Samples | I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant. She opted for the job on the East coast. | ||
| Examples | They choose him to write the letter | ||
| Synonyms | opt, prefer | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cop out, opt out | ||
| Entail | compare | ||
| 3. | choose (cognition) see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way | ||
| Samples | She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | evaluate, judge, pass judgment | ||
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