{
    "term": "choose",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "choose",
            "heSheIt": "chooses"
        },
        "pastSimple": "chose",
        "pastParticiple": "chosen",
        "ingForm": "choosing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to decide which thing or person you want out of the ones that are available",
            "sensetop": "choose between A and/or Bchoose somethingchoose A from Bchoose A over Bchoose somebody/something as/for somethingchoose whether, what, etc…choose to do somethingchoose somebody to be/do something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You choose—I can't decide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had to choose between staying in the UK or going home.",
                    "contextForm": "choose between A and/or B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sarah chose her words carefully.",
                    "contextForm": "choose something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It depends which career path you choose."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are several different options you can choose."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This site has been chosen for the new school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have to choose a new manager from a shortlist of five candidates.",
                    "contextForm": "choose A from B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are plenty of restaurants to choose from."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children chose milk over juice.",
                    "contextForm": "choose A over B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He chose banking as a career.",
                    "contextForm": "choose somebody/something as/for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We chose Phil McSweeney as/for chairperson."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You'll have to choose whether to buy it or not.",
                    "contextForm": "choose whether, what, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We chose to go by train.",
                    "contextForm": "choose to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They chose to ignore my advice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We chose Phil McSweeney to be chairperson.",
                    "contextForm": "choose somebody to be/do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are several different models to choose from."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They can choose freely from a wide range of courses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You are free to choose whichever courses you want to take."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I chose a seat by the hot fire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are many styles to choose from."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I feel I've chosen the right path."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many companies are likely to choose this option."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They told him to accept the new regulation or get out, and he chose the latter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have they chosen a name for the baby yet?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a representative chosen by the students in each group"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I chose my words carefully."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Voters will choose their favourite candidate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He chose Judy as his deputy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He chose Judy to be his deputy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were chosen for their leadership skills."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Soya oil was chosen because of its low cost."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The village was chosen from among four possible sites."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has the freedom to choose his own projects."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There aren't many options to choose from."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was forced to choose between her two parents."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lucy got to choose which restaurant we went to."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a randomly/​carefully chosen sample of teenagers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "your chosen profession/​career"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "wisely", "freely"],
                "verb + choose": ["be able to", "be free to", "can"],
                "preposition": ["between", "from"],
                "phrases": ["pick and choose"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to prefer or decide to do something",
            "sensetop": "choose to do something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Employees can retire at 60 if they choose."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many people choose not to marry.",
                    "contextForm": "choose to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "With practice, you can consciously choose not to react in a stressed way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We deliberately chose to stay in a cheap hotel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am going to remain here for as long as I choose."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government chose to ignore the matter altogether."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They chose to remain anonymous."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many artists choose to live in this part of town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She chose to use a different name."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have the right to choose whether or not to vote."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to choose only those things that you like or want very much",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You have to take any job you can get—you can't pick and choose."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "there is very little difference between two or more things or people",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃuːz/",
                "audio": "ch/choose/choose__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃuːzɪz/",
                "audio": "ch/choose/chooses__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃəʊz/",
                "audio": "ch/choose/chose__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃəʊzn/",
                "audio": "ch/choose/chosen__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃuːzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ch/choose/choosing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃuːz/",
                "audio": "ch/choose/choose__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃuːzɪz/",
                "audio": "ch/choose/chooses__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃəʊz/",
                "audio": "ch/choose/chose__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃəʊzn/",
                "audio": "ch/choose/chosen__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃuːzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ch/choose/choosing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English cēosan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kiezen."
}