Antonyms for choose
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : chooz |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʃuz |
Definition of choose
Origin :- Old English ceosan "choose, seek out, select; decide, test, taste, try; accept, approve" (class II strong verb; past tense ceas, past participle coren), from Proto-Germanic *keus- (cf. Old Frisian kiasa, Old Saxon kiosan, Dutch kiezen, Old High German kiosan, German kiesen, Old Norse kjosa, Gothic kiusan "choose," Gothic kausjan "to taste, test"), from PIE root *geus- "to taste, relish" (see gusto). Only remotely related to choice. Variant spelling chuse is Middle English, very frequent 16c.-18c. The irregular past participle leveled out to chosen by 1200.
- verb pick, select
- They will choose competent and faithful representatives for every department.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- If there were people in the building they did not choose to show a light.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The girls can talk quietly and confidentially, if they choose.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- What instinct made you choose that shade of pale green for your frock?
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- But death will I choose, in any shape, rather than that man.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Mockery is the share they choose in the motions of the life eternal!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- But there is really no need to choose between anarchy and tyranny.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- So far, there was little to choose betwixt challengers and challenged.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Neither would now choose the other as an intimate associate.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
Synonyms for choose
- accept
- adopt
- appoint
- call for
- cast
- co-opt
- commit oneself
- crave
- cull
- decide on
- designate
- desire
- determine
- discriminate between
- draw lots
- elect
- embrace
- espouse
- excerpt
- extract
- fancy
- favor
- feel disposed to
- finger
- fix on
- glean
- judge
- love
- make choice
- make decision
- make up one's mind
- name
- opt for
- predestine
- prefer
- see fit
- separate
- set aside
- settle upon
- sift out
- single out
- slot
- sort
- tab
- tag
- take
- take up
- tap
- want
- weigh
- will
- winnow
- wish
- wish for
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