chooses

VERB

pick, select

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accept adopt appoint cast designate determine elect embrace favor judge love name prefer single out take want

STRONG

co-opt crave cull desire espouse excerpt extract fancy finger glean predestine separate slot sort tag tap weigh will winnow wish

WEAK

call for commit oneself decide on discriminate between draw lots feel disposed to fix on make choice make decision make up one's mind opt for see fit set aside settle upon sift out tab take up wish for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abstain disallow dislike hate ignore receive refuse reject repudiate repulse

STRONG

insert neglect not want

Example Sentences

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chooses

“If the State chooses to try again, Tim is ready, and so are those witnesses.”

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Ms. Hoyer, a German-British historian and journalist, chooses as her protagonist not Hitler, a frequent Weimar visitor, but Carl Weirich, a hardworking bookbinder, stationer and diarist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

An AI bot that goes on its merry way and informs the user what it’s been up to only when it chooses to?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Anyone who chooses to keep watching this game is choosing to support it and is choosing to be indifferent to its terrible cost on the young men playing.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

In early December, Captain Smith chooses nine men to sail with him in the shallop up the Chickahominy River.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

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