choose
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,587 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,439 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives also: take, select, pick out Take any one of these cardsChoose a good husband for your daughter
- select as an alternative over another also: prefer, opt I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurantShe opted for the job on the East coast
- 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
choose in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I want to be able to go off and take my nap at any hour I choose.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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If they choose to think so, they have a right to their opinion, and that opinion is fame.
The Attaché · Thomas Chandler Haliburton · Chapter 1
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He had formed no plan, and there was no reason that he should choose one path more than another.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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The time had come, and he must choose between making his boast good or being called a coward by everybody.
The Adventures of Prickly Porky · Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess · Chapter 1
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I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1