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From Middle English chosen, chesen, from Old English ċēosan (“to choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test, accept, settle for, approve”), from Proto-Germanic *keusanan (“to taste, choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to taste, choose, enjoy”). Cognate with West Frisian kieze (“to choose”), Dutch kiezen (“to choose”), German kiesen (“to choose”), Norwegian kjose (“to choose”), Swedish tjusa (“to charm, allure”), Icelandic kjósa (“to choose, vote, elect”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan, “to test”), Latin gustō (“taste, sample”, v).
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choose (third-person singular simple present chooses, present participle choosing, simple past chose, past participle chosen)
- To elect.
- He was chosen as president in 1990
- To pick.
- I chose a nice, ripe apple from the bowl.
- To decide to act in a certain way.
- I chose to walk to work today.
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to elect
- Arabic: اختار (ar) (ikhtaara)
- Armenian: ընտրել (əntrel)
- Basque: aukeratu
- Bosnian: izabrati (bs), odabrati (bs)
- Bulgarian: избирам (bg)
- Catalan: escollir (ca), triar (ca), elegir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 選舉 (cmn), 选举 (cmn) (xuǎnjǔ)
- Croatian: izabrati (hr), odabrati (hr)
- Czech: volit (cs), zvolit (cs)
- Danish: vælge (da), kåre (da)
- Dutch: kiezen (nl), verkiezen (nl)
- Esperanto: elekti (eo)
- Estonian: valima (et)
- Finnish: valita (fi)
- French: élire (fr)
- Georgian: ამორჩევა (ka) (amorčeva)
- German: wählen (de)
- Greek: εκλέγω (el) (eklégo)
- Hebrew: בחר (he) (bakhár)
- Hindi: चुनना (hi) (cunnā)
- Hungarian: megválaszt (hu), választ (hu)
- Icelandic: velja (is)
- Ilocano: pili
- Indonesian: memilih (id), pilih (id)
- Italian: eleggere (it)
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- Japanese: 選ぶ (ja) (えらぶ, erabu)
- Korean: 고르다 (ko) (goreuda)
- Latin: ēligo (la), dīligo (la), lego (la)
- Latvian: izvēlēties
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Maltese: ħatar (mt), talla' (mt)
- Mongolian: сонгох (mn) (songoh)
- Persian: برگزیدن (fa), انتخاب کردن (fa)
- Polish: wybierać (pl), wybrać (pl)
- Portuguese: escolher (pt)
- Romanian: alege (ro)
- Russian: выбирать (ru) (vybirát’) impf., выбрать (ru) (výbrat’) pf., избирать (ru) (izbirát’) impf., избрать (ru) (izbrát’) pf., взять (ru) (vzjat’)
- Scots: wale (sco)
- Scottish Gaelic: tagh (gd)
- Serbian: izabrati (sr), odabrati (sr)
- Slovene: izvoliti
- Spanish: elegir (es)
- Swedish: välja (sv)
- Tagalog: pili
- Thai: เลือก (th) (lêuak), คัดเลือก (th) (kát lêuak)
- Turkish: seçmek (tr)
- Urdu: چننا (ur) (cunnā)
- Vietnamese: chọn (vi)
- Welsh: ethol (cy)
- Yiddish: קלײַבן (klaybn), אויסקלײַבן (oysklaybn)
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to pick
- Arabic: اختار (ar) (ikhtaara)
- Armenian: ընտրել (əntrel)
- Bosnian: izabrati (bs), odabrati (bs)
- Bulgarian: подбирам (bg), предпочитам (bg)
- Catalan: triar (ca), escollir (ca), elegir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Gan: 簡, 简 (gan3)
- Mandarin: 選擇 (cmn), 选择 (cmn) (xuǎnzé), 挑選 (cmn), 挑选 (cmn) (tiāoxuǎn)
- Croatian: izabrati (hr), odabrati (hr)
- Danish: udvælge (da), vælge (da), foretrække (da)
- Dutch: kiezen (nl), uitkiezen (nl)
- Finnish: valita (fi)
- French: choisir (fr)
- Georgian: ამორჩევა (ka) (amorčeva)
- German: auswählen (de), wählen (de)
- Greek: διαλέγω (el) (dialégo)
- Haitian Creole: chwazi
- Hebrew: בחר (he) (bakhár)
- Hindi: चुनना (hi) (cunnā)
- Hungarian: kiválaszt (hu)
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to decide to act in a certain way
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