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{
"term": "choose",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "choose",
"heSheIt": "chooses"
},
"pastSimple": "chose",
"pastParticiple": "chosen",
"ingForm": "choosing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to decide which thing or person you want out of the ones that are available",
"sensetop": "choose between A and/or Bchoose somethingchoose A from Bchoose A over Bchoose somebody/something as/for somethingchoose whether, what, etc…choose to do somethingchoose somebody to be/do something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "You choose—I can't decide."
},
{
"text": "She had to choose between staying in the UK or going home.",
"contextForm": "choose between A and/or B"
},
{
"text": "Sarah chose her words carefully.",
"contextForm": "choose something"
},
{
"text": "It depends which career path you choose."
},
{
"text": "There are several different options you can choose."
},
{
"text": "This site has been chosen for the new school."
},
{
"text": "We have to choose a new manager from a shortlist of five candidates.",
"contextForm": "choose A from B"
},
{
"text": "There are plenty of restaurants to choose from."
},
{
"text": "The children chose milk over juice.",
"contextForm": "choose A over B"
},
{
"text": "He chose banking as a career.",
"contextForm": "choose somebody/something as/for something"
},
{
"text": "We chose Phil McSweeney as/for chairperson."
},
{
"text": "You'll have to choose whether to buy it or not.",
"contextForm": "choose whether, what, etc…"
},
{
"text": "We chose to go by train.",
"contextForm": "choose to do something"
},
{
"text": "They chose to ignore my advice."
},
{
"text": "We chose Phil McSweeney to be chairperson.",
"contextForm": "choose somebody to be/do something"
},
{
"text": "There are several different models to choose from."
},
{
"text": "They can choose freely from a wide range of courses."
},
{
"text": "You are free to choose whichever courses you want to take."
},
{
"text": "I chose a seat by the hot fire."
},
{
"text": "There are many styles to choose from."
},
{
"text": "I feel I've chosen the right path."
},
{
"text": "Many companies are likely to choose this option."
},
{
"text": "They told him to accept the new regulation or get out, and he chose the latter."
},
{
"text": "Have they chosen a name for the baby yet?"
},
{
"text": "a representative chosen by the students in each group"
},
{
"text": "I chose my words carefully."
},
{
"text": "Voters will choose their favourite candidate."
},
{
"text": "He chose Judy as his deputy."
},
{
"text": "He chose Judy to be his deputy."
},
{
"text": "They were chosen for their leadership skills."
},
{
"text": "Soya oil was chosen because of its low cost."
},
{
"text": "The village was chosen from among four possible sites."
},
{
"text": "He has the freedom to choose his own projects."
},
{
"text": "There aren't many options to choose from."
},
{
"text": "She was forced to choose between her two parents."
},
{
"text": "Lucy got to choose which restaurant we went to."
},
{
"text": "a randomly/carefully chosen sample of teenagers"
},
{
"text": "your chosen profession/career"
}
],
"topics": ["Preferences and decisions"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "wisely", "freely"],
"verb + choose": ["be able to", "be free to", "can"],
"preposition": ["between", "from"],
"phrases": ["pick and choose"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to prefer or decide to do something",
"sensetop": "choose to do something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Employees can retire at 60 if they choose."
},
{
"text": "Many people choose not to marry.",
"contextForm": "choose to do something"
},
{
"text": "With practice, you can consciously choose not to react in a stressed way."
},
{
"text": "We deliberately chose to stay in a cheap hotel."
},
{
"text": "I am going to remain here for as long as I choose."
},
{
"text": "The government chose to ignore the matter altogether."
},
{
"text": "They chose to remain anonymous."
},
{
"text": "Many artists choose to live in this part of town."
},
{
"text": "She chose to use a different name."
},
{
"text": "They have the right to choose whether or not to vote."
}
],
"topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to choose only those things that you like or want very much",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You have to take any job you can get—you can't pick and choose."
}
],
"topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "there is very little difference between two or more things or people",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃuːz/",
"audio": "ch/choose/choose__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃuːzɪz/",
"audio": "ch/choose/chooses__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃəʊz/",
"audio": "ch/choose/chose__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃəʊzn/",
"audio": "ch/choose/chosen__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃuːzɪŋ/",
"audio": "ch/choose/choosing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃuːz/",
"audio": "ch/choose/choose__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃuːzɪz/",
"audio": "ch/choose/chooses__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃəʊz/",
"audio": "ch/choose/chose__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃəʊzn/",
"audio": "ch/choose/chosen__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃuːzɪŋ/",
"audio": "ch/choose/choosing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English cēosan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kiezen."
}