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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

Template:Root From Template:Inh, Template:M, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:M.

Cognate with Template:Cog, Template:M, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, archaic and partially obsolete Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog.

Pronunciation

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Verb

1. To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

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2. To elect.

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3. To decide to act in a certain way.

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4. To prefer; to wish; to desire.
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Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Related terms

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Translations

• Acehnese: Template:T
• Afrikaans: Template:T+
• Aklanon: Template:T
• Albanian: Template:T+
• Arabic: Template:T

  Egyptian Arabic: Template:T

• Armenian: Template:T+
• Assamese: Template:T Template:T, Template:T
• Asturian: Template:T, Template:T
• Azerbaijani: Template:T+
• Bashkir: Template:T/Template:T
• Basque: Template:T
• Belarusian: Template:T, Template:T
• Bengali: Template:T
• Bulgarian: Template:T+
• Burmese: Template:T+
• Catalan: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
• Cebuano: Template:T
• Chechen: Template:T
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: Template:T, Template:T

  Mandarin: Template:T+, Template:T+

• Czech: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
• Danish: Template:T+, Template:T, Template:T
• Dutch: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Egyptian: Template:T-egy
• Esperanto: Template:T
• Estonian: Template:T
• Even: Template:T
• Evenki: Template:T
• Extremaduran: Template:T
• Finnish: Template:T+
• French: Template:T+
• Friulian: Template:T, Template:T
• Galician: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Georgian: Template:T
• German: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Gothic: Template:T
• Greek: Template:T+, Template:T+

  Ancient: Template:T, Template:T

• Haitian Creole: Template:T
• Hebrew: Template:T+
• Higaonon: Template:T
• Hindi: Template:T+
• Hungarian: Template:T+
• Icelandic: Template:T+
• Ido: Template:T+
• Ilocano: Template:T
• Indonesian: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Ingrian: Template:T
• Ingush: Template:T
• Irish: Template:T, Template:T

  Old Irish: Template:T

• Italian: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Japanese: Template:T+
• Javanese: Template:T+
• Kazakh: Template:T
• Khmer: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Korean: Template:T+
• Kyrgyz: Template:T+
• Lao: Template:T
• Latin: Template:T+, Template:T, Template:T, Template:T+, Template:T, Template:T
• Latvian: Template:T
• Lingala: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T
• Lithuanian: Template:T
• Lombard: Template:T+
• Macedonian: Template:T
• Malay: Template:T+
• Maltese: Template:T
• Mansaka: Template:T
• Maori: Template:T, Template:T
• Maranao: Template:T
• Marathi: Template:T+
• Middle English: Template:T
• Mongolian: Template:T+
• Nahuatl: Template:T
• Nepali: Template:T
• Ngazidja Comorian: Template:T
• Norman: Template:T
• Northern Thai: Template:T
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Template:T+

• Occitan: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Old English: Template:T
• Old Javanese: Template:T
• Old Saxon: Template:T
• Persian: Template:T+
• Polish: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Portuguese: Template:T+
• Quechua: Template:T, Template:T
• Romanian: Template:T+
• Romansch: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T
• Russian: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Sanskrit: Template:T+
• Scottish Gaelic: Template:T
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Template:T, Template:T

  Roman: Template:T+, Template:T+

• Shan: Template:T+
• Sinhalese: Template:T
• Slovak: Template:T, Template:T
• Slovene: Template:T+
• Spanish: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T Template:Q
• Swahili: Template:T
• Swedish: Template:T+
• Tagalog: Template:T+
• Tai Dam: Template:T
• Tajik: Template:T+
• Tatar: Template:T
• Tausug: Template:T
• Tetum: Template:T
• Thai: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
• Turkish: Template:T+
• Turkmen: Template:T, Template:T
• Ukrainian: Template:T, Template:T
• Urdu: Template:T
• Uzbek: Template:T+
• Venetan: Template:T+, Template:T, Template:T, Template:T, Template:T, Template:T, Template:T
• Vietnamese: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
• Walloon: Template:T+
• Welsh: Template:T+
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: Template:T

• Arabic: Template:T
• Armenian: Template:T+
• Aromanian: Template:T
• Assamese: Template:T Template:T, Template:T
• Asturian: Template:T, Template:T
• Bashkir: Template:T/Template:T
• Basque: Template:T
• Bulgarian: Template:T+
• Catalan: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: Template:T+

• Czech: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T
• Danish: Template:T+, Template:T
• Dutch: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Esperanto: Template:T
• Estonian: Template:T
• Finnish: Template:T+
• French: Template:T+
• Galician: Template:T+
• Georgian: Template:T
• German: Template:T+
• Greek: Template:T+
• Hebrew: Template:T+
• Hindi: Template:T+
• Hungarian: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Icelandic: Template:T+
• Ido: Template:T+
• Ilocano: Template:T
• Indonesian: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Ingrian: Template:T
• Irish: Template:T
• Italian: Template:T+
• Japanese: Template:T+
• Korean: Template:T+
• Latin: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T+
• Latvian: Template:T
• Lithuanian: Template:T
• Malay: Template:T+
• Maltese: Template:T, Template:T
• Maori: Template:T, Template:T+
• Marathi: Template:T+
• Middle English: Template:T
• Mongolian: Template:T+
• Occitan: Template:T+
• Persian: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Polish: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Portuguese: Template:T+
• Quechua: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T
• Romanian: Template:T+
• Russian: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
• Scots: Template:T
• Scottish Gaelic: Template:T
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Template:T, Template:T

  Roman: Template:T+, Template:T+

• Slovene: Template:T
• Spanish: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T Template:Q
• Swedish: Template:T+
• Tagalog: Template:T+
• Thai: Template:T+
• Turkish: Template:T+
• Udmurt: Template:T
• Ukrainian: Template:T
• Urdu: Template:T
• Vietnamese: Template:T+
• Walloon: Template:T+
• Welsh: Template:T+
• Yiddish: Template:T, Template:T

• Asturian: Template:T, Template:T
• Bulgarian: Template:T+
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: Template:T+

• Czech: Template:T, Template:T+
• Danish: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T
• Dutch: Template:T+
• Finnish: Template:T+
• French: Template:T+
• Galician: Template:T+
• Georgian: Template:T
• German: Template:T+
• Ilocano: Template:T
• Irish: Template:T
• Italian: Template:T+
• Korean: Template:T+
• Latin: Template:T+
• Maltese: Template:T
• Middle English: Template:T
• Portuguese: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Romanian: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Russian: Template:T+, Template:T+
• Scottish Gaelic: Template:T
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Template:T, Template:T

  Roman: Template:T+, Template:T+

• Spanish: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T Template:Q
• Venetan: Template:T, Template:T

• Esperanto: Template:T+
• Latin: Template:T+
• Middle English: Template:T

• Albanian: Template:T+check
• Esperanto: Template:T-check
• Indonesian: Template:T+check
• Norwegian: Template:T+check, Template:T-check, Template:T+check
• Tongan: Template:T-check

Conjunction

1. Template:Lb The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.

   The number of distinct subsets of size k from a set of size n is $(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{n}{k})$ or "n choose k".

See also

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Etymology 2

Template:Root From Template:Inh, Template:M, Template:M, a Northern dialectal form of Template:M+. Cognate with Template:Cog, Template:M, Template:M. Template:Doublet, which see for more.

Noun

1. Template:Lb The act of choosing; selection.
2. Template:Lb The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.

References

• Template:R:Century 1911
• Template:R:Webster 1913
• Template:R:New English Dictionary

Anagrams

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