Synonyms: elect, pick out, opt, pick
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /tʃuːz/ |
| Hyphenation | choose |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑗𐑵𐑟 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) choose | (I) chose |
| (thou) choosest | (thou) chosest |
| (he) chooses, chooseth | (he) chose |
| (we) choose | (we) chose |
| (you) choose | (you) chose |
| (they) choose | (they) chose |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) choose | (I) chose |
| (thou) choose | (thou) chose |
| (he) choose | (he) chose |
| (we) choose | (we) chose |
| (you) choose | (you) chose |
| (they) choose | (they) chose |
| Imperative mood | |
| choose | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| choosing | chosen |
| Afrikaans | kies; verkies |
|---|---|
| Catalan | elegir |
| Czech | volit; vybírat; vybrat; vybrat si; zvolit |
| Danish | vælge |
| Dutch | kiezen; uitkiezen; verkiezen |
| English (Old English) | ceosan |
| Esperanto | elekti |
| Faeroese | velja |
| Finnish | valita |
| French | adopter; choisir; désigner; opter |
| German | wählen; auswählen |
| Hungarian | választ |
| Italian | scegliere |
| Latin | optare |
| Malay | memilih; pilih |
| Papiamento | kis |
| Polish | wybierać; wybrać |
| Portuguese | escolher; optar |
| Romanian | alege |
| Russian | выбирать; выбрать |
| Saterland Frisian | uutköäre; uutwääle; wääle; wäälje |
| Spanish | elegir; escoger |
| Swedish | kora |
| Thai | เหลิอก |
| Turkish | seçmek |
| West Frisian | kieze |
| Yiddish | אױסקלײַבן |