choose

選ぶ

二つ以上の候補から、望む人や物を決める。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： 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.)

類義語： pick, select

よく使う表現： choose something, choose between options, choose to stay, choose a book

選出する、選ぶ

ある役職に就く人を、投票などで選ぶ。

やさしい英語で： 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?

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

類義語： elect, select

よく使う表現： choose a leader, choose someone as, choose a president

コンビネーション

二つの数の間で、最初の数の要素から次の数だけ選ぶ組合せの数を表す。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： n choose k, five choose two