choose

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
2. To elect.
3. To decide to act in a certain way.
4. To prefer; to wish; to desire.

Conj

The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.

Noun

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete) The act of choosing; selection.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete) The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.

Sinonieme

select

elect

pick out

pick

⛏️

prefer

take

opt

sort

cull

appoint

vote

name

pick up

assort

single out

like

designate

sort out

settle

resolve

decide

ordain

fix

𐐽𐐭𐑆

choice

set aside

denote

make a choice

demonstrate

adjudicate

co-opt

show

suggest

want

reserve

receive

screen

conclude

collect

point out

nominate

mark

connote

manifest

motion

display

indicate

dial

determine

adopt

Vertalings

choisir

wählen

scegliere

kiezen

elegir

escoger

escolher

auswählen

seçmek

uitkiezen

eleggere

triar

⛏️

eleger

elegir

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/t͡ʃuːz/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: cheosen

Geërf van Old English: ċēosan

Verwante met Skots: chuise

Verwante met Noord-Fries: kese

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: kjoze

Verwante met Fries: kieze

Verwante met Nederlands: kiezen

Verwante met Frans: choisir

Verwante met Nederduits: kesen

Verwante met Duits: kiesen

Verwante met Deens: kyse

Verwante met Noors: kjose

Verwante met Sweeds: tjusa

Verwante met Yslands: kjósa

Verwante met Goties: 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽

Verwante met Latyn: gustō

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: γεύω

Verwante met Sanskrit: जोषति

Verwante met Russies: кушать

In summary

From Middle English cheosen, chesen, from Old English ċēosan (“to choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test, accept, settle for, approve”), from Proto-West Germanic *keusan, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to taste, choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwseti, from *ǵews- (“to taste, try”).
Cognate with Scots chuise, cheese (“to choose”), North Frisian kese (“to choose”), Saterland Frisian kjoze (“to choose”), West Frisian kieze (“to choose”), Dutch kiezen (“to choose”), French choisir (“to choose”), Low German kesen (“to choose”), German Low German kiesen (“to pick, select”), archaic and partially obsolete German kiesen (“to choose”), Danish kyse (“to frighten (via ‘to charm, allure’ and ‘to enchant’)”), Norwegian kjose (“to choose”), Swedish tjusa (“to charm, allure, enchant”), Icelandic kjósa (“to choose, vote, elect”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan, “to test”), Latin gustō (“I taste, sample”), Ancient Greek γεύω (geúō, “to feed”), Sanskrit जोषति (jóṣati, “to like, enjoy”), Russian кушать (kúšatʹ, “to have a meal, to eat”).

Sinne

Choose between the high road and the low .