choose

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To pick one thing or person from a number of possibilities.

   I chose a ripe apple from the fruit bowl.

2. 2
   verb

   To decide to do something.

   I chose to walk to work today.

3. 3
   verb

   To pick someone for a position by voting or selection; to elect.

   He was chosen as president in 1990.

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Simplified etymology

Choose is an Old English verb inherited from the Germanic language of the Anglo-Saxons. It shares its ultimate root with choice, which reached English separately through Old French chois.

From Middle English cheosen, 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 taste, choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwseti, from *ǵews- (“to taste, try”). Cognate with Scots chuise, cheese (“to choose”), North Frisian kese (“to choose”), Saterland Frisian kjoze (“to choose”), West Frisian kieze (“to choose”), Dutch kiezen (“to choose”), French choisir (“to choose”), Low German kesen (“to choose”), German Low German kiesen (“to pick, select”), archaic and p…

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