choose
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
Take any one of these cards
Types & categories
- decide hypernym
- panel hyponym
- anoint hyponym
- field hyponym
- sieve hyponym
- draw hyponym
- dial hyponym
- plump hyponym
- pick hyponym
- elect hyponym
- excerpt hyponym
- cull out hyponym
- cream off hyponym
- sieve out hyponym
- set apart hyponym
- single out hyponym
- think of hyponym
- specify hyponym
- adopt hyponym
- sieve hyponym
- vote in hyponym
- elect hyponym
- nominate hyponym
- vote hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
select as an alternative over another
I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant
Types & categories
- opt out hyponym
Related & opposite
- selection derivation
- preferment derivation
- predilection derivation
- optative derivation
- compare entails
Sense 3 verb
see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way
She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam
Types & categories
- pass judgment hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | selection |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | selector |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | selective |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | selective |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | panel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anoint |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | field |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sieve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dial |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | plump |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pick |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | excerpt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cull out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cream off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sieve out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | set apart |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | single out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | think of |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | specify |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adopt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sieve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vote in |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nominate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vote |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | selection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | preferment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | predilection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | optative |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | compare |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | opt out |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pass judgment |