Definition of "choose"

choose¹

/t͡ʃuːz/

verb
third-person singular simple present chooses, present participle choosing, simple past chose or (nonstandard) choosed, past participle chosen or (nonstandard) choosed or (now colloquial) chose
1. To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
  Quotations
  The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
  1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, page 01
2. To elect.
3. To decide to act in a certain way.
4. To prefer; to wish; to desire.
  Quotations
  Choose truth, and find beauty. Choose love, and embrace change.
  2016, Justin Deschamps, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
  The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment.
  1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […]; reprinted London: Elliot Stock, 1885,
conjunction
1. (mathematics) The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.

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