Meaning

4 senses
  1. To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

    I chose a nice ripe apple from the fruit bowl.

    wählen, auswählen

    выбира́тьvybirátʹ, вы́братьvýbratʹ

    вибира́тиvybyráty, ви́братиvýbraty

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

  2. To elect.

    He was chosen as president in 1990.

    wählen

    выбира́тьvybirátʹ, вы́братьvýbratʹ, избира́тьizbirátʹ

    вибира́тиvybyráty

  3. To decide to act in a certain way.

    I chose to walk to work today.

    entscheiden

    реша́тьrešátʹ, реши́тьrešítʹ

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

  4. To prefer; to wish; to desire.

Examples

2016 sentences
  1. You may choose any of them.

    Ви можете вибрати будь-який з них.

    ruВы можете выбрать любой из них.

    deSie dürfen sich jeden von ihnen aussuchen.

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  2. You may choose what you like.

    Можете вибрати що вам до вподоби.

    ruВы можете выбрать что хотите.

    deDu kannst dir aussuchen, was du willst.

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  3. I can't decide which to choose.

    Не можу вирішити, який саме вибрати.

    ruЯ не могу решить, какую выбрать.

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  4. I chose him a nice tie.

    Я вибрав йому гарну краватку.

    ruЯ выбрала ему красивый галстук.

    deIch habe ihm eine schöne Krawatte ausgesucht.

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  5. I will choose one of them.

    Я виберу один із них.

    ruЯ выберу одну из них.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to pick:
Русский
By meaning 3
to pick:
to elect:
to decide to act in a certain way:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to pick:
to decide to act in a certain way:

Origin

From Middle English chesen, from Old English ċēosan (“to choose, seek out, select, elect,

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”).

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Forms

chooses, choosing, chose, chosen
Base formchoose · to choose
3rd person singularchooses
Present participlechoosing
Past simplechose
Past participlechosen / chose

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychoose
he, she, itchooses

Past simpleLesson

all personschose

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave chosen
he, she, ithas chosen

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill choose

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

30 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

17 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • chose not to
  • chosen to do
  • choose between
  • won't be chosen
  • may choose whichever
  • to choose between
  • choose whichever
  • be chosen to
  • chose the wine
  • have to choose
  • one to choose
  • chose to ignore

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
choose — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto