Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
choose (verb)transitive verb
1.
a) to select and after consideration - freely choose a career
b) to decide on especially by vote - elect chose her as captain
2.
a) to have a preference for - choose one car over another
intransitive verb
b) - decide chose to go by train
1.
to make a selection - finding it hard to choose
2.
to take an - alternative used after cannot and usually followed by but when earth is so kind, men cannot choose but be happy J. A. Froude
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
choose (verb)1.
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
SYNONIMS:
cherry-pick, cull, elect, handpick, name, opt (for), pick, prefer, select, single (out), tag, takeRELATED WORDS:
preselect; appoint, designate, fix, mark, nominate, set, tab, tap; accept, adopt, embrace, espouse; settle (on upon)NEAR ANTONYMS:
disapprove, negative, repudiate, spurn; discard, jettison, throw away, throw out2.
to see fit
SYNONIMS:
like, please, want, will, wishRELATED WORDS:
ache (for), covet, crave, desire, die (for), fancy, hanker (for), hunger (for), itch (for), long (for), lust (for after), pant (after), pine (for), repine (for), sigh (for), thirst (for), yearn (for); decide, determine, resolve3.
to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration
SYNONIMS:
choose, conclude, determine, figure, name, opt, resolve, settle (on upon)RELATED WORDS:
decree, rule; cull, elect, handpick, pick, prefer, select, single (out); adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, find, judge, referee, rule (on), umpire; chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, meditate, mull (over), ponder, question, ruminate, study, think (about over), weighNEAR ANTONYMS:
abstain, decline, refuse, reject, turn down; delay, halt, hesitate, stall, temporize; shilly-shally, vacillate, waffle, waver