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choose | ch oōz|
  verb ( past chose | ch ōz|; past part. chosen |ˈ ch ōzən|)
pick out or select (someone or something) as being the best or most appropriate of two or more alternatives : he chose a seat facing the door | [ intrans. ] now it's my turn to choose. • [ intrans. ] decide on a course of action, typically after rejecting alternatives : [with infinitive ] he chose to go | I'll stay as long as I choose.