choose

scegliere

Decidere quale persona o cosa si vuole tra due o più possibilità.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si 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.)

Sinonimi: pick, select

Espressioni comuni: choose something, choose between options, choose to stay, choose a book

eleggere, scegliere

Scegliere qualcuno per una carica, spesso tramite una votazione.

In inglese semplice: 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?

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

Sinonimi: elect, select

Espressioni comuni: choose a leader, choose someone as, choose a president

su

Tra due numeri, indica quanti gruppi della seconda dimensione si possono scegliere dal numero di elementi indicato dal primo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: n choose k, five choose two