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choose

English

(Choice)

Alternative forms

* chuse

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

Verb

  • To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
  • :
  • *
  • *: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.
  • :
  • To decide to act in a certain way.
  • :
  • 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.
  • Usage notes
    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (mathematics) The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.
  • The number of distinct subsets of size ''k'' from a set of size ''n'' is \tbinom nk or "''n'' choose ''k''".
    See also
    * (projectlink)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (chooses)
  • (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.
  • References

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    selcet

    Not English

    Selcet has no English definition. It may be misspelled.