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The hardest part of adopting a dog from a shelter is when you have to choose which one to bring home with you. When you pick out one pup from the mass of barking canines, that's the dog you choose.

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To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

Verb
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"

Verb
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"

Verb
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"


v. t.
To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

v. t.
To wish; to desire; to prefer.

v. i.
To make a selection; to decide.

v. i.
To do otherwise.


Choose

Choose , v. t. [imp. Chose ; p. p. Chosen , Chose (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Choosing.] [OE. chesen, cheosen, AS. ce'a2san; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen, Icel. kj'd3sa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. , Skr. jush to enjoy. 'fb46. Cf. Choice, 2d Gust.] 1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.
Choose me for a humble friend.
2. To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.]
The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment.
To choose sides. See under Side. Syn. - To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow. -- To Choose, Prefer, Elect. To choose is the generic term, and denotes to take or fix upon by an act of the will, especially in accordance with a decision of the judgment. To prefer is to choose or favor one thing as compared with, and more desirable than, another, or more in accordance with one's tastes and feelings. To elect is to choose or select for some office, employment, use, privilege, etc., especially by the concurrent vote or voice of a sufficient number of electors. To choose a profession; to prefer private life to a public one; to elect members of Congress.

Choose

Choose, v. i. 1. To make a selection; to decide.
They had only to choose between implicit obedience and open rebellion.
2. To do otherwise. "Can I choose but smile?" Pope. Can not choose but, must necessarily.
Thou canst not choose but know who I am.

To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

To make a selection; to decide.

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Usage Examples

Being alone is scarier than any boogey man and the reason why I don't choose to see Horror movies as a rule.

Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to.

At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, 'Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer,' we invariably choose the money.

Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being, we also have the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our every experience of life!

Americans are free to choose everything from what they eat, drive and watch on TV to the President of the United States. Yet, when it comes to allowing Americans to choose the health insurance that works best for them and their family, the freedom to choose suddenly becomes un-American.

As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.

Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to choose love or work.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.

Bad things do happen how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.

And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Now she said to always pick being respected.

Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.

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