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choose verb [ tʃuːz ]

• pick out (someone or something) as being the best or most appropriate of two or more alternatives.
• "he chose a seat facing the door"
Similar: select, pick, pick out, opt for, plump for, go for, take, settle on, decide on, fix on, come down in favour of, vote for, single out, hand-pick, set, designate, determine, specify, appoint, name, nominate, adopt, espouse, pitch on,
Opposite: reject, decline,
Origin: Old English cēosan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kiezen .

cannot choose but do something

• have no alternative to doing something.

there is little to choose between

• there is little difference between.
"there is little to choose between the different methods"

there is nothing to choose between

• there is no difference between.
"we played well and there was nothing to choose between the sides"



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