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choose

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃuːz/

The English word “choose” has 7 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
  2. To elect.
  3. To decide to act in a certain way.
  4. To prefer; to wish; to desire.

conjunction

  1. The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.

noun

  1. The act of choosing; selection.
  2. The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.

Etymology

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”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian kjoze (“to choose”), West Frisian kieze (“to…

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