Choose Definition
(mathematics) The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.
(dialectal or obsolete) The act of choosing; selection.
(dialectal or obsolete) The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.
- Can only do; cannot do otherwise:
We cannot choose but to observe the rules.
- cannot do otherwise than
they cannot choose but accede to their host's demands
- to select (sides), as for an impromptu ballgame, by making alternating choices from a group of available players
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Choose
- cannot choose but
- cannot choose but
- choose up
Origin of Choose
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From Middle English chosen, chesen, from Old English ċēosan (“to choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test, accept, settle for, approve”), from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to taste, choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to taste, choose, enjoy”). Cognate with Scots chose, chese (“to choose”), French choisir (“to choose”), North Frisian kese (“to choose”), West Frisian kieze (“to choose”), Dutch kiezen (“to choose”), Low German kesen (“to choose”), German kiesen (“to choose”), Danish kyse (“to choose”), Norwegian kjose (“to choose”), Swedish tjusa (“to charm, allure”), Icelandic kjósa (“to choose, vote, elect”), Gothic (kiusan, “to test”), Latin gustō (“taste, sample”, verb).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English chose, chos, chooce, from Middle English chosen (“to choose”). see above. Cognate with Scots chose (“choosing, choice, selection”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English chesen from Old English cēosan geus- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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