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# choose

verb (choose, chooses, chose, chosen, choosing)

«choose» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To choose is to pick one from several: choose a book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choose/#m1)
2. To choose is to decide to do something: She chose to walk home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choose/#m2)

### In the lessons

picking the operation after reading the whole problem («Read the whole problem first, then choose»); in class «choose the right answer», «choose a partner»; in everyday life choosing food, clothes, games; in safety «choose to be kind», «choose a safe place to play»

### Examples

- Read the whole problem first, then choose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choose/#x1)
- Choose add, subtract, multiply or divide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choose/#x2)
- Mia chooses 3 of the 10 cakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choose/#x3)
- You can choose any colour you like. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choose/#x4)
- We chose a puppy from the shelter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choose/#x5)
- Choose the correct answer: A, B or C. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choose/#x6)
- Which game will you choose? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choose/#x7)
- Sam chose to stay inside because it was cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choose/#x8)
- Choose quickly; you are wasting time." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choose/#x9)

### Note

A study rule: read everything before choosing. Trap: in a story «chooses 3 of them» means taking a part, often subtract for the rest. Past forms «chose», «chosen»; noun «choice». Do not mix «choose» (now) with «chose» (past).

## In Jewish tradition

In Deuteronomy God "chooses" a place for worship, and he also chooses Israel as his people. In Proverbs and Job people choose their own ways, such as the fear of the LORD, or choose out their arguments.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says the chosen place was Jerusalem, where the Temple later stood. The choosing of Israel is read as a call to responsibility and to keeping the commandments, not as a claim to be better. Proverbs is read as showing that people are free to choose the fear of the LORD or to reject it.

### Examples

- Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose; (Torah DEU.12.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/choose/#x1)
- Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household. (Torah DEU.15.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/choose/#x2)
- then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose. (Torah DEU.14.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/choose/#x3)
- Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways. (Writings PRO.3.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/choose/#x4)
- How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him? (Writings JOB.9.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/choose/#x5)
- For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD; (Writings PRO.1.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/choose/#x6)

### Note

A study rule: read everything before choosing. Trap: in a story «chooses 3 of them» means taking a part, often subtract for the rest. Past forms «chose», «chosen»; noun «choice». Do not mix «choose» (now) with «chose» (past).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «choose» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choose/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«choose» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/choose.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «choose» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/choose/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«choose» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/choose.html) on Mova free.