chooseopt; pick out; select: She will not choose him as a dinner partner again.Not to be confused with:chews ? grinds and bites with the teeth; masticates: He chews with his mouth open.Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreechoose (cho?oz)v. chose (ch?z), cho·sen (ch??z?n), choos·ing, choos·es v.tr.1. To select from a number of possible alternatives; decide on and pick out: Which book did you choose at the library? 2. a. To prefer above others: chooses the supermarket over the neighborhood grocery store.b. To determine or decide: chose to fly rather than drive.v.intr. To make a choice; make a selection: was used to doing as she chose.Phrasal Verb: choose up To choose players and form sides or teams for a game, such as baseball or softball.Idiom: cannot choose but Can only do; cannot do otherwise: We cannot choose but to observe the rules.[Middle English chesen, from Old English c?osan; see geus- in Indo-European roots.]choos?er n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.choose (t?u?z) vb, chooses, choosing, chose or chosen1. to select (a person, thing, course of action, etc) from a number of alternatives2. (tr; takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to consider it desirable or proper: I don’t choose to read that book. 3. (intr) to like; please: you may stand if you choose. 4. cannot choose but to be obliged to: we cannot choose but vote for him. 5. nothing to choose between little to choose between (of two people or objects) almost equal[Old English ceosan; related to Old Norse kj?sa, Old High German kiosan] ?chooser nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014choose (t?uz) v. chose, cho?sen, choos?ing. v.t. 1. to select from a number of possibilities: She chose July for her wedding. 2. to prefer or decide (to do something): to choose to speak. 3. to want or desire, as one thing over another. v.i. 4. to make a choice: to choose carefully. 5. to be inclined: Stay or go, as you choose. 6. choose up, a. to select the team members of. b. to pick players for opposing teams. Idioms: cannot choose but, cannot do otherwise than: We cannot choose but obey. [before 1000; Middle English chosen,chesen, Old English c?osan, c. Old High German kiosan, Gothic kiusan; akin to Greek geúesthai to enjoy, Latin gust?re to taste] choos?er, n. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.chooseWhen you choose someone or something from a group of people or things, you decide which one you want.The past tense of choose is chose, not ‘choosed’. The past participle is chosen.Pick and select have very similar meanings to choose. Select is more formal than choose or pick, and is not usually used in conversation.If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.If someone chooses to do something, they do it because they want to or because they feel it is right.You do not say that someone ‘picks to do’ something or ‘selects to do’ something.