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| abstain |
to choose not to do something. [2 definitions] |
| account |
Sometimes when you want to do something on your computer on the internet, the website asks you to make an account. You do this by choosing a name for yourself and a password. The name you choose is called your "user name." When you make an account, the website remembers who you are every time you go to it and put in your user name and your password. [1/5 definitions] |
| any |
If you can have any game that you want, it means you can choose one game and it doesn't matter which one you choose. If you can have any books that you want, you can have more than one, and it doesn't matter which books or how many you take. [1/5 definitions] |
| appoint |
When a top person appoints someone to do a special job, they choose that person to do that job. Appointing is a kind of command from the top person, but usually the person who is appointed is willing or happy to be chosen to do the job. Also, they can usually say "no" if they want to. |
| arrangement |
When you make arrangements for something, you make plans and get things ready for it. When you make arrangements for a wedding, you decide the place for it, invite people, choose the cake, and many other things. [1/4 definitions] |
| assign |
to choose or appoint, as for a duty. [1/3 definitions] |
| audition |
An audition is a short performance that someone gives to just a few people to show how well they can act, dance, sing, or play an instrument. When someone does an audition, they hope that the people watching will choose them to be in their play, movie, or something like that. Sometimes people have to give an audition in order to be part of a musical group or to get into a special school. For example, if they want to get into a school of music or dance, they might have to give an audition. |
| bridesmaid |
A bridesmaid is a woman who helps out the bride before her wedding ceremony and typically follows the bride as she walks down the wedding aisle. Bridesmaids are often friends of the bride. Some brides may choose not to have bridesmaids, but others choose to have several. |
| cafeteria |
a dining hall or restaurant in which customers choose or are served their food at a counter. The customers then carry the food on trays to their tables. |
| cast |
to choose for a part in a play or film. [1/12 definitions] |
| choice |
the right or chance to choose. [2/5 definitions] |
| choose |
When you choose something, you pick it from a group. [2 definitions] |
| chose |
past tense of "choose." |
| chosen |
past participle of "choose." |
| citizenship |
When you have citizenship, you have the right to stay in a country and never have to go and live anywhere else. When adults have citizenship in America, they also have the right to vote and choose leaders. |
| click |
When you click using a computer, you press a button on your computer mouse and it makes the sound of a click. When you click like this with a mouse, it lets you choose something on your computer screen and makes that thing do something you want. [1/4 definitions] |
| criteria |
Criteria are particular things you look for when you judge something and make a decision. Criteria are like little tests. For example, if someone wants to buy a computer, they don't usually buy just any computer. They choose based on certain things. These things are their criteria. They might decide that the computer must be under a certain price. It must have a certain amount of memory. It must have a certain speed, and it must look good and be of the right size. If a computer passes all these criteria, then they judge that it is what they are looking for. "Criteria" is a plural noun. The singular form is "criterion." |
| decide |
to settle, choose, or solve. [1/3 definitions] |
| decorate |
When people decorate a house, they choose things like furniture, curtains, and things to put on the walls, and they put these things in the places where they think they will work well and look best. When people decorate a place, they often think about colors and about how different things will look together. [1/3 definitions] |
| delegate |
to choose or send as an agent or representative. [1/3 definitions] |
| democracy |
Democracy is a form of government in which people choose their leaders by voting for them. [1/2 definitions] |
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