Engelsk verb: choose | |||
1. | choose (om erkjendelse) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They choose him to write the letter | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | pick out, select, take | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | decide, determine, make up one's mind | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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 (om erkjendelse) select as an alternative over another | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant. She opted for the job on the East coast. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They choose him to write the letter | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | opt, prefer | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | cop out, opt out | ||
Kan forårsake | compare | ||
3. | choose (om erkjendelse) see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | evaluate, judge, pass judgment | ||