choose

elegir, escoger

Decidir qué persona o cosa se quiere entre dos o más opciones.

En inglés sencillo: To decide which person or thing you want from two or more possibilities.

• Choose a seat.
• I chose the blue shirt yesterday.
• Have you chosen what to eat?

Cómo se usa: choose between A and B (You can choose between soup and salad.); choose something from something (Choose a book from this shelf.); choose to do something (She chose to walk home.)

Sinónimos: pick, select

Expresiones frecuentes: choose something, choose between options, choose to stay, choose a book

elegir

Seleccionar a alguien para ocupar un cargo, a menudo mediante una votación.

En inglés sencillo: To select someone for a position, often by voting.

• The club chose a new president.
• They chose her as their representative.
• Who will be chosen to lead the committee?

Cómo se usa: choose someone as something (The members chose her as their chair.); choose someone to do something (We chose him to lead the group.)

Sinónimos: elect, select

Expresiones frecuentes: choose a leader, choose someone as, choose a president

sobre

Entre dos números, indica cuántos grupos del tamaño del segundo pueden formarse con la cantidad de elementos del primero.

En inglés sencillo: Used between numbers to state how many groups of the second size can be selected from the first.

• Five choose two equals ten.
• We calculated six choose three to count the possible teams.
• The formula uses n choose k for the number of combinations.

Expresiones frecuentes: n choose k, five choose two