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”).
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian kjoze (“to choose”), West Frisian kieze (“to choose”), Dutch kiezen (“to choose”), Low German kesen (“to choose”), German kiesen (“to choose”), Danish kyse (“to frighten”), Faroese and Icelandic kjósa (“to vote; to elect; to choose; to prefer”), Norwegian Nynorsk kjosa, kjose (“to choose”), Swedish tjusa (“to charm; to bewitch”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan, “to test”), French choisir (“to choose”); also Breton diuz (“to choose”), Cornish and Welsh dewis (“to choose”), Latin gustō (“to taste, sample”), Ancient Greek γεύω (geúō, “to feed; to taste; to eat; to try; to enjoy”), Czech zkoušet (“to taste; to examine; to rehearse”), Polish kuszać (“to eat”), Russian кушать (kušatʹ, “to have a meal, to eat”), Serbo-Croatian ку̏шати, kȕšati (“to taste; to test”), Ukrainian ку́шати (kúšaty, “to taste; to eat”), куштува́ти (kuštuváty, “to taste”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (zaoša, “pleasure”), Baluchi and Pashto دوست (dost, “friend”), Northern Kurdish and Zazaki dost (“friend”), Persian دوسْت (dōst / dust, “friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; loved”), Sanskrit जुषते (juṣate, “to enjoy”).
Meanings
The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.
The number of distinct subsets of size k from a set of size n is tbinom nk or "n choose k".
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”).
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian kjoze (“to choose”), West Frisian kieze (“to choose”), Dutch kiezen (“to choose”), Low German kesen (“to choose”), German kiesen (“to choose”), Danish kyse (“to frighten”), Faroese and Icelandic kjósa (“to vote; to elect; to choose; to prefer”), Norwegian Nynorsk kjosa, kjose (“to choose”), Swedish tjusa (“to charm; to bewitch”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan, “to test”), French choisir (“to choose”); also Breton diuz (“to choose”), Cornish and Welsh dewis (“to choose”), Latin gustō (“to taste, sample”), Ancient Greek γεύω (geúō, “to feed; to taste; to eat; to try; to enjoy”), Czech zkoušet (“to taste; to examine; to rehearse”), Polish kuszać (“to eat”), Russian кушать (kušatʹ, “to have a meal, to eat”), Serbo-Croatian ку̏шати, kȕšati (“to taste; to test”), Ukrainian ку́шати (kúšaty, “to taste; to eat”), куштува́ти (kuštuváty, “to taste”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (zaoša, “pleasure”), Baluchi and Pashto دوست (dost, “friend”), Northern Kurdish and Zazaki dost (“friend”), Persian دوسْت (dōst / dust, “friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; loved”), Sanskrit जुषते (juṣate, “to enjoy”).
Meanings
To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day. 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC:
You may—the memory of what is past half makes me hope you will—have pain in this. A very, very brief time, and you will dismiss the recollection of it, gladly, as an unprofitable dream, from which it happened well that you awoke. May you be happy in the life you have chosen! 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 67–68:
Secondly, VVhen in exerting any paſſion in action, vve chuſe means inſufficient for the deſign'd end, and deceive ourſelves in our judgment of cauſes and effects. 1739, [David Hume], “Of the Influencing Motives of the Will”, in A Treatise of Human Nature: […], book II (Of the Passions), London: […] John Noon, […], →OCLC, part III (Of the Will and Direct Passions), page 249:
I chose a nice ripe apple from the fruit bowl.
To elect.
He was chosen as president in 1990.
To decide to act in a certain way.
I chose to walk to work today.
To prefer; to wish; to desire.
Choose truth, and find beauty. Choose love, and embrace change. 2016, Justin Deschamps, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. 1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC:
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de entscheiden (to decide to act in a certain way) · rm tschearner (to pick) · da have lyst (to decide to act in a certain way) · el εκλέγω (to elect) · fr élire (to elect) · la optō (to pick) · mbb pili' (to pick) · sga do·goa (to pick) · pl wybrać (to elect) · fi päättää (to decide to act in a certain way) · be вы́браць (to pick) · vec sernìr (to pick) · enm chesen (to pick) · jv milih (to pick) · oc elegir (to elect) · vi kén chọn (to pick) · pl decydować (to decide to act in a certain way) · da foretrække (to decide to act in a certain way) · ca escollir (to elect) · bg подби́рам (to pick) · ast elixir (to pick) · as বাছা বাছনি (to pick) · cs rozhodnout se (to decide to act in a certain way) · nod ᩃᩮᩬᩥᨠ (to pick) · el επιλέγω (to pick) · id pilih (to elect) · mn сонгох (to pick) · tet hili (to pick) · la ēligō (to elect) · my ရွေး (to pick) · ga togh (to elect) · fi valita (to elect) · es escogitar (to pick) · mk и́збира (to pick) · qu akllay (to pick) · ur چننا (to pick) · ca elegir (to elect) · sv välja (to pick) · pl woleć (to wish) · ilo pili (to elect) · mrw piliq (to pick) · sh одабрати (to decide to act in a certain way) · ga togh (to decide to act in a certain way) · vi chọn (to pick) · he בחר (to elect) · tr seçmek (to pick) · vec desidar (to decide to act in a certain way) · fr choisir (to pick) · bg избирам (to elect) · wa tchoezi (to pick) · nci pehpena (to pick) · da kåre (to elect) · hu megválaszt (to elect) · mi kōwhiri (to pick) · vec sièlder (to pick) · ar اِخْتَارَ (to pick) · gd tagh (to decide to act in a certain way) · bg решавам (to decide to act in a certain way) · la legō (to elect) · fa برگزیدن (to elect) · qu akray (to pick) · shn လိူၵ်ႈ (to pick) · enm chesen (to elect) · sw -chagua (to pick) · cs vyvolit (to elect) · th คัด (to pick) · vec sèlier (to pick) · la dīligō (to elect) · rm tscherner (to pick) · ln pono (to pick) · ru избира́ть (to elect) · uz tanlamoq (to pick) · ace piléh (to pick) · ca triar (to pick) · ru реши́ть (to decide to act in a certain way) · mba pili (to pick) · ce харжа (to pick) · vi lựa chọn (to pick) · mr निवडणे (to pick) · ro vrea (to decide to act in a certain way) · is velja (to elect) · vec sèrnar (to pick) · mn сонгох (to elect) · la legō (to decide to act in a certain way) · ka ამორჩევა (to pick) · blt ꪹꪩꪀ (to pick) · ky тандоо (to pick) · msk palli (to pick) · io elektar (to elect) · uk вибира́ти (to elect) · ro alege (to elect) · nl kiezen (to decide to act in a certain way) · th เลือก (to pick) · hy ընտրել (to elect) · sh одабрати (to elect) · mr निवडणे (to elect) · tr seçmek (to elect) · ru вы́брать (to elect) · ast elixir (to elect) · cs volit (to elect) · ilo pili (to decide to act in a certain way) · ht chwazi (to pick) · pl decydować się na (to decide to act in a certain way) · eo elekti (to elect) · nrf chouaîsi (to pick) · it decidere (to decide to act in a certain way) · da udvælge (to pick) · ext escohel (to pick) · ca triar (to elect) · mt ħatar (to elect) · cs zvolit (to pick) · ast escoyer (to elect) · ka ამორჩევა (to elect) · az seçmək (to pick) · fi valita (to pick) · cs vybrat (to pick) · it eleggere (to elect) · sh odabrati (to elect) · pl życzyć sobie (to wish) · cmn 挑選 /挑选 (to pick) · ca elegir (to pick) · fur cerni (to pick) · sh odlučiti (to decide to act in a certain way) · la creō (to pick) · sh izabrati (to elect) · ar اِخْتَارَ (to elect) · da finde for godt (to decide to act in a certain way) · mi pōti (to elect) · ru вы́брать (to pick) · ru реша́ть (to decide to act in a certain way) · ba һайҙау (to pick) · ast escoyer (to decide to act in a certain way) · ceb pili (to pick) · km ជ្រើស (to pick) · ba һайлау (to pick) · rup aleg (to elect) · uk вибира́ти (to pick) · hu választ (to elect) · it scegliere (to pick) · cmn 選擇 /选择 (to pick) · it selezionare (to pick) · grc αἱρέομαι (to pick) · enm chesen (to decide to act in a certain way) · gd tagh (to pick) · be выбіра́ць (to pick) · tg газидан (to pick) · ota سچمك (to pick) · zdj utsungua (to pick) · es escoger (to elect) · da vælge (to elect) · vec ẑernir (to pick) · sk vyberať (to pick) · es escoger (to decide to act in a certain way) · vec deciđer (to decide to act in a certain way) · izh valita (to elect) · el διαλέγω (to pick) · pl wybrać (to pick) · sh одабрати (to pick) · km រើស (to pick) · sk vybrať (to pick) · es escogitar (to elect) · la volō (to wish) · ga togh (to pick) · inh хержа (to pick) · arz اختار (to pick) · tk saýlamak (to pick) · sh одлучити (to decide to act in a certain way) · mi whiri (to pick) · hu kiválaszt (to pick) · cmn 決定 /决定 (to decide to act in a certain way) · de wählen (to elect) · fur sielzi (to pick) · qu akllay (to elect) · eu aukeratu (to elect) · tt сайларга (to pick) · ang ċēosan (to pick) · kk таңдау (to pick) · tl pili (to elect) · fa انتخاب کردن (to elect) · izh valita (to pick) · pt escolher (to decide to act in a certain way) · ba һайлау (to elect) · ast elixir (to decide to act in a certain way) · cs volit (to pick) · et valima (to elect) · oc triar (to pick) · ro prefera (to decide to act in a certain way) · yue 揀 /拣 (to pick) · id pilih (to pick) · gl elixir (to pick) · pl wybrać (to wish) · enm chesen (to wish) · cy ethol (to elect) · eo elekti (to pick) · pt escolher (to pick) · gmh kiesen (to pick) · si තෝරා ගන්නවා (to pick) · goh kiosan (to pick) · vi chọn (to elect) · sl izvoliti (to elect) · pl wybierać (to pick) · cho atokoli (to pick) · pl wybierać (to wish) · ga roghnaigh (to pick) · tsg pii (to pick) · tl pili (to pick) · id memilih (to elect) · et valima (to pick) · ru выбира́ть (to elect) · ms pilih (to pick) · ru выбира́ть (to pick) · ko 택(擇)하다 (to pick) · ms pilih (to elect) · pl zdecydować się na (to decide to act in a certain way) · ru взять (to elect) · yua yéey (to pick) · id memilih (to pick) · as নিৰ্বাচন কৰা (to pick) · grc ἐκλέγω (to pick) · wa relére (to elect) · ko 선택하다 (to decide to act in a certain way) · de auswählen (to pick) · ru избра́ть (to elect) · sl izbrati (to pick) · ro alege (to pick) · pl wybierać (to elect) · th เฟ้น (to pick) · lv atlasīt (to pick) · mt talla’ (to elect) · nl verkiezen (to elect) · th เลือกตั้ง (to elect) · ur چننا (to elect) · he בחר (to pick) · cy dewis (to pick) · gl escoller (to pick) · qu akllai (to elect) · hi चुनना (to pick) · fr décider (to decide to act in a certain way) · lv izvēlēties (to elect) · ka გადაწყვეტა (to decide to act in a certain way) · fa گزیدن (to pick) · sh odabrati (to decide to act in a certain way) · ko 고르다 (to elect) · yi אויסקלײַבן (to elect) · egy s-t:p-stp:Y1 (to pick) · cmn 選舉 /选举 (to elect) · nl kiezen (to pick) · es escogitar (to decide to act in a certain way) · pl zdecydować (to decide to act in a certain way) · vec sèrner (to pick) · ca escollir (to pick) · nl uitkiezen (to pick) · ne छान्नु (to pick) · bni pono (to pick) · yi קלײַבן (to elect) · uk ви́брати (to pick) · sq zgjedh (to pick) · af kies (to pick) · la dēligō (to pick) · de wählen (to pick) · lmo scernì (to pick) · is velja (to pick) · pl zażyczyć sobie (to wish) · lo ເລືອກ (to pick) · mi kōwhiri (to elect) · mt għażel (to pick) · cs zvolit (to elect) · ln kopono (to pick) · da vælge (to pick) · qu akrai (to elect) · vec sèłier (to pick) · gl escoller (to decide to act in a certain way) · tk seçmek (to pick) · es escoger (to pick) · sv välja (to elect) · nb velge (to pick) · ja 選ぶ (to elect) · yue 選擇 /选择 (to pick) · io selektar (to pick) · cs zvolit si (to decide to act in a certain way) · udm бырйыны (to elect) · sh izabrati (to pick)
choose en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
From Middle English chose, chos, chooce, a Northern dialectal form of Middle English chois (“choice”). Cognate with Scots chose, choose, chuse (“choosing, choice, selection”). Doublet of choice, see which for more.
Meanings
(Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete) The act of choosing; selection.
(Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete) The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.