choose
part of speech
verb (choose, chooses, chose, chosen, choosing)
meaning for a pupil
1) To choose is to pick one from several: choose a book. tree →
2) To choose is to decide to do something: She chose to walk home. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways. (Writings PRO.3.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him? (Writings JOB.9.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD; (Writings PRO.1.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- Read the whole problem first, then choose. tree →
- Choose add, subtract, multiply or divide. tree →
- Mia chooses 3 of the 10 cakes. tree →
- You can choose any colour you like. tree →
- We chose a puppy from the shelter. tree →
- Choose the correct answer: A, B or C. tree →
- Which game will you choose? tree →
- Sam chose to stay inside because it was cold. tree →
- Choose quickly; you are wasting time." tree →
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 the corpora
- that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives, whomsoever they chose.
- Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea, and his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
- They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.'
- And he said: 'Neither hath the LORD chosen this.'
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «choose» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.