chooser B2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈtʃuːzər/ UK /ˈtʃuːzə/ See IPA manual Freq #140254 Meanings 1 noun a person or thing that makes a choice The responsibility for the decision rests with the chooser. 2 noun computing: a control or dialog used to select an item, such as a file or color The file chooser opened in the project's current folder. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person or thing that... selectordeciderelector 2 noun · computing: a control or... selectorselection dialog Word family Related forms choosechoicechosen Etymology From Middle English chesere, formed from choose + the agent suffix -er. The computing sense extends the same idea from a person to a selection interface. Topics People & Society External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # chooser **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtʃuːzər/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtʃuːzə/ **Frequency rank:** 140254 ## Meanings 1. a person or thing that makes a choice 2. computing: a control or dialog used to select an item, such as a file or color ## Examples - The responsibility for the decision rests with the chooser. - The file chooser opened in the project's current folder. ## Synonyms - selector - decider - elector ## Related Forms - choose - choice - chosen ## Etymology From Middle English chesere, formed from choose + the agent suffix -er. The computing sense extends the same idea from a person to a selection interface. ## Topics - People & Society markdown