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choose

/ˈtʃuːz/CHOOZ
/ˈtʃuz/CHOOZ

Meaningto pick out

Common meaning: to pick out

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GUS‘choose, taste’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 105, p. 733 · scan
  2. Old Englishceosan‘to choose’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishcheosensource
  4. Englishchoose‘to pick out’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English ceosan ‘to pick out’.

Roots

  • ceosan Old English “to pick out”

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