Definition of choose verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
choose When you choose someone or something from a group of people or things, you decide which one you want. Why did he choose these particular places? The past tense of choose is chose, not 'choosed'. The past participle is chosen. I chose a yellow dress.
If you choose someone or something from several people or things that are available, you decide which person or thing you want to have. They will be able to choose their own leaders in democratic elections. There are several patchwork cushions to choose from.
Choose, select, pick, elect, prefer indicate a decision that one or more possibilities are to be regarded more highly than others. Choose suggests a decision on one of a number of possibilities because of its apparent superiority: to choose a course of action.
Summary While it can be tricky to remember the difference between choose and chose, there is a clear difference in the usage of the words. Chose is always the (simple) past tense, whereas choose is always the present tense or the future tense when combined with an auxiliary verb.
When it comes to deciding between these two similar words, all you have to remember is that choose is the present tense and infinitive form of the verb, while chose is the past tense of the word.
