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• cannot choose but — (archaic) Can have no alternative but • • • Main Entry: ↑choose …   Useful english dictionary

• cannot choose but — idi cannot do otherwise than: We cannot choose but obey[/ex] …   From formal English to slang

• cannot choose but do something — formal have no alternative to doing something …   Useful english dictionary

• choose — [cho͞oz] vt. chose, chosen, choosing [ME chesen, cheosen < OE ceosan < IE base * ĝeus , to taste, relish > L gustare, Goth kausjan] 1. to pick out by preference from what is available; take as a choice; select [to choose a book at the… …   English World dictionary

• but — but1 [but; ] unstressed [ bət] prep. [ME < OE butan, buton, without, outside; WGmc comp. < * be , *bi ,BY + * utana, from without: see OUT] 1. with the exception of; excepting; save [nobody came but me ]: earlier, and still sometimes,… …   English World dictionary

• choose — choosable, adj. chooser, n. /choohz/, v., chose; chosen or (Obs.) chose; choosing. v.t. 1. to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure. 2. to prefer or decide (to do something): He chose to run …   Universalium

• choose — verb (chose; chosen; choosing) Etymology: Middle English chosen, from Old English cēosan; akin to Old High German kiosan to choose, Latin gustare to taste Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to select freely and after …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• choose — [c]/tʃuz / (say choohz) verb (chose, chosen or, Obsolete, chose, choosing) –verb (t) 1. to select from a number, or in preference to another or other things or persons. 2. to prefer and decide (to do something): she chose to stand for election. 3 …  

• choose — [[t]tʃuz[/t]] v. chose, cho•sen, choos•ing 1) to select from a number of possibilities: She chose July for her wedding[/ex] 2) to prefer or decide (to do something): to choose to speak[/ex] 3) to want or desire, as one thing over another 4) to… …   From formal English to slang

• but — 1. conj., prep., adv., pron., n., & v. conj. 1 a nevertheless, however (tried hard but did not succeed; I am old, but I am not weak). b on the other hand; on the contrary (I am old but you are young). 2 (prec. by can etc.; in neg. or interrog.)… …   Useful english dictionary

• choose — v. (past chose; past part. chosen) 1 tr. select out of a greater number. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by between, from) take or select one or another. 3 tr. (usu. foll. by to + infin.) decide, be determined (chose to stay behind). 4 tr. (foll. by… …   Useful english dictionary