Synonyms for choose
tʃuzchoose

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1. choose

   Prefer indicates a state of desire and approval; choose, an act of will. Prudence or generosity may lead one to choose what he does not prefer. Select implies a careful consideration of the reasons for preference and choice. Among objects so nearly alike that we have no reason to prefer any one to another we may simply choose the nearest, but we could not be said to select it. Aside from theology, elect is popularly confined to the political sense; as, a free people elect their own rulers. Cull, from the Latin colligere, commonly means to collect, as well as to select. In a garden we cull the choicest flowers.

   Synonyms:
   cull, elect, pick, pick out, prefer, select

   Antonyms:
   cast away, cast out, decline, disclaim, dismiss, leave, refuse, reject, repudiate, throw aside

   Preposition:
   Choose from or from among the number; choose out of the army; choose between (or betwixt) two; among many; choose for the purpose.

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1. choose

   Synonyms:
   select, elect, prefer, appropriate, adopt, cull, pick out

   Antonyms:
   leave, dismiss, reject, refuse, disclaim, repudiate, ignore, decline

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1. choose, take, select, pick outverb

   pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   take on, demand, rent, take in, distinguish, shoot, get, call for, exact, take, pack, bring, acquire, read, involve, make, lease, guide, engage, lead, hire, necessitate, select, have, occupy, strike, study, get hold of, train, use up, assume, admit, pick out, need, adopt, subscribe to, deal, take aim, spot, postulate, claim, ingest, hold, carry, contract, aim, tell apart, require, fill, film, prefer, charter, drive, make out, direct, discern, recognize, ask, subscribe, convey, submit, conduct, take up, opt, recognise, take away, consider, accept, learn, withdraw, consume, contain, look at, remove

2. choose, prefer, optverb

   select as an alternative over another

   "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"

   Synonyms:
   take, select, prefer, opt, favor, favour, pick out

3. chooseverb

   see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way

   "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"

   Synonyms:
   select, pick out, take, prefer, opt

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1. chooseverb

   Synonyms:
   select, elect, prefer, cull, pick, pick out, single out, fix upon, pitch upon, catch at, make choice of

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1. chooseverb

   Synonyms:
   select, elect, prefer, cull, pick out

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1. List of paraphrases for "choose":

   select, elect, choosing, pick, opt, choice, selecting, decide, press, click, selection, choices, chose, selected, chosen, chooses, point, picks

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How to use choose in a sentence?

1. Nick Offerman:

   I don't think I've ever watched an episode of anything more than once in my life, but now it's become a thing where people choose their shows, like' Parks and Recreation,' and it's their medicine — they treat it the way I treated' Abbey Road' or' OK Computer.'.

2. John F. Kennedy:

   We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.

3. Lynn Lunsford:

   The FAA requires manufacturers to meet design and certification standards. How they choose to do that is up to them.

4. Angela Carter:

   We do not go to bed in single pairs; even if we choose not to refer to them, we still drag there with us the cultural impedimenta of our social class, our parents lives, our bank balances, our sexual and emotional expectations, our whole biographies -- all the bits and pieces of our unique existences.

5. Jackie Mills:

   If you choose to bake with artificial sweeteners, you lose some volume in a cake ; it doesn't brown as well, it gets stale faster... and things made with flour end up tougher, as sugar is a tenderizer. You're not just getting the sweetness of sugar but other attributes when you bake with it.