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choose
Overview of verb choose
The verb choose has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (84) choose, take, select, pick out -- (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")
2. (19) choose, prefer, opt -- (select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast")
3. (11) choose -- (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")
Grep of noun choose
chooser
Antonyms of verb choose
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb choose
3 senses of choose
Sense 1
choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sense 2
choose, prefer, opt
Sense 3
choose
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb choose
2 of 3 senses of choose
Sense 1
choose, take, select, pick out
=> empanel, impanel, panel
=> anoint
=> field
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out, winnow
=> cream off, skim off
=> sieve out, pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> single out
=> think of
=> specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> adopt, follow, espouse
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> nominate, propose
=> vote
=> side, go with
Sense 2
choose, prefer, opt
=> opt out, cop out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb choose
3 senses of choose
Sense 1
choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sense 2
choose, prefer, opt
Sense 3
choose
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
'Cause To' of verb choose
Derived Forms of verb choose
Domain of verb choose
Domain Terms of verb choose
Familiarity of verb choose
choose used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb choose
3 senses of choose
Sense 1
choose, take, select, pick out
EX: They choose him to write the letter
Sense 2
choose, prefer, opt
EX: They choose him to write the letter
Sense 3
choose
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
*> Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb choose
2 of 3 senses of choose
Sense 1
choose, take, select, pick out
> decide, make up one's mind, determine
=> measure, mensurate, measure out
=> choose, take, select, pick out
=> will
=> seal
=> purpose, resolve
=> rule, decree
=> orient, orientate
=> judge, adjudicate, try
=> regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
Sense 3
choose
> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
=> stand
=> approve
=> disapprove
=> choose
=> prejudge
=> measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
=> reappraise
=> reject
=> accept
=> think, believe, consider, conceive
=> calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast
=> expect, anticipate
=> impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> assign, attribute
=> disapprove, reject
=> declare, adjudge, hold
=> review, critique
=> fail
=> pass
=> test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb choose
Sense 1
choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
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Sense 2
choose, prefer, opt
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Sense 3
choose
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
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Grep of verb choose
choose
choose up
Grep of adj choose
choosey
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