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Myanmar Meaning
[IDM ] ပိန်မသာလိမ်မသာ။
Definition
choose /tʃu:z/ v ( pt chose /tʃǝƱz/; pp chosen /'tʃ- ǝƱzn/) ၁။ ~ (between A and/or B) ; ~ (A) (from B) ; ~ sb/sth as sth ေရြးခ်ယ္သည္။ be free to choose ❍ She had to choose between giving up her job or hiring a nanny. ❍ We offer a wide range of excursions to choose from. ❍ choose a carpet/ career/ chairman ❍ choose your words carefully ❍ She was allowed to retire at a time of her own choosing. ❍ We have to choose a new manager from a short list of five candidates. ❍ Have you chosen what you want for your birthday? ❍ We chose to go by train. ❍ The Americans chose Bill Clinton as president/to be president. ၂။ ႏွစ္သက္သည္။ သေဘာက်သည္။ You may do as you choose. ❍ The author chooses to remain anonymous. စာေရးသူက သူ႕လက္ရာမွန္း မသိၾကသည္ ကို ပိုႏွစ္သက္သည္။ ❏ there is nothing , not much , little , etc to choose between A and B [ IDM ] ပိန္မသာလိမ္မသာ။
Examples
- Do you feel that you chose the wrong career?
- [choose from] : There is a huge range of holidays to choose from.
- [choose between] : She is forced to choose between her husband and her parents.
- [choose which/where/whether etc] : How do you choose which car you are going to buy?
- I like this job because I can choose when and where I do the work.
- [choose someone/something as something] : Atlanta was chosen as the site for the 1996 Olympic Games.
- [choose someone/something for something] : Surely he wasn’t just chosen for his good looks?
- [choose someone/something out of someone/something] : The winner was chosen out of thousands who sent in photos.
- [choose to do something] : More and more people are choosing to live alone.
- [choose to ignore] : Hilary chose to ignore the doctor’s warning.
- [if someone so chooses] : Why shouldn’t they be allowed to come and live here if they so choose?