ABSTRACT
Choose, vt To select (a person, thing, course of action, etc.) from a number
of alternatives.1
Choose, vt (with object) To select from a number of possibilities, pick by
preference. To prefer or decide to do (something). To want; desire. To
make a choice. To be inclined. To contend with (an opponent) to decide, as
by odd or even, who will do something.2