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choose, v.
(chooses, choosing, chose, chosen)
freq. cnt. 110
more info pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 168 freq. cnt.: 80 freq. cnt.: 58 freq. cnt.: 26 freq. cnt.: 4

choose pick out select take

sample sentences

"Take any one of these cards"
"Choose a good husband for your daughter"
"She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s him to write the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s him to write the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s him to write the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s him to write the letter
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
selective selective selection selector
semantic pointers
hyponym
empanel, impanel, panel anoint field sieve, sift draw dial plump, go pick elect excerpt, extract, take out cull out, winnow cream off, skim off sieve out, pick over assign, set apart, specify single out think of set, determine, fix, specify, define, limit adopt, follow, espouse screen, screen out, sieve, sort vote in elect propose, nominate vote
hypernym
decide, make up one's mind, determine
more info select as an alternative over another
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 35 freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 16

choose opt prefer

sample sentences

"I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"
"She opted for the job on the East coast"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s him to write the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s him to write the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
preferment preference
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
optative option
semantic pointers
entailment
compare
hyponym
opt out, cop out
more info see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 11

choose

sample sentences

"She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"

verb frames

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
semantic pointers
hypernym
judge, evaluate, pass judgment