verb

choose

CHOOZ/tʃuːz/

To select or decide what to have or do.

She chooses an apple from a display of different fruits.

A woman selects one apple from three clearly different fruit options, lifting it from a shallow display while a pear and an orange remain.

Etymology

Cēosan covered testing and tasting as well as selecting. The older word could describe trying something out, not just settling on one option among several.

In context

Shankar IAS Academy118:42

two statements are given and you need to choose the correct statement or statements look at the first statement

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More examples

You can choose any book from this shelf.
We chose to stay home rather than drive through the storm.
Have you chosen a name for the puppy?

Forms

choose · chooses · chose · chosen · choosing

choice noun — The act of selecting among available options.

Similar words

select: Often suggests picking carefully from a defined set of options.
pick: A more casual word for selecting someone or something.
decide: Emphasizes reaching a conclusion rather than selecting a particular item.