Choose vs Foretake - What's the difference?
choose | foretake |
To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
To elect.
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To decide to act in a certain way.
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To wish; to desire; to prefer.
*(Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)
*:The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment.
(mathematics) The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.
(dialectal, or, obsolete) The act of choosing; selection.
(dialectal, or, obsolete) The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.
(dialectal, or, obsolete) Scope for choice.
To take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.
*1855 , John Claudius Pitrat, Paul and Julia :
*2006 , Robert L. Sanders, An Appeal to Reveal Poetic Ideal :
*2010 , Raymond A. Francis, True Experiences: The Sins That Brought Me to My Knees :
To take or choose before another (option); prefer.
*2011 , Jacqueline Prost, Journey Through Experiences :
As verbs the difference between choose and foretake
is that choose is to pick; to make the choice of; to select while foretake is to take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.As a conjunction choose
is (mathematics) the binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.As a noun choose
is (dialectal|or|obsolete) the act of choosing; selection.choose
English
(Choice)Alternative forms
* chuseEtymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Verb
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- The number of distinct subsets of size ''k'' from a set of size ''n'' is or "''n'' choose ''k''".
See also
* (projectlink)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(chooses)References
* * *foretake
English
Verb
- You shall bring and lay in our hands tne product of your activity: we will divide it into two parts — the one shall be ours; it shall be sacred; you shall call it tithe; we will foretake it [...]
- Enraptures a man to foretake his pleasure, And capture a woman to partake her treasure.
- Upon entering, she showed me to the bedroom. I got undressed and laid on the bed, thinking of the course of action I had to foretake as I lay there.
- To be healthy and acknowledged I strive to be my very best / I am grateful and thankful For the blessings I do have / I foretake to dream the biggest dream yet [...]