choose, v.tr.1aToghaim, déanaim rogha de. Pred.To choose s.o. (for a) king, duine a thoghadh ina rí. bHe cannot choose but obey, níl a mhalairt le déanamh aige ach a bheith umhal. cTo choose from, between, them, rogha a bhaint astu. To choose John in preference to James, Seán a ghlacadh, a thoghadh, de rogha ar Shéamas. There is nothing to choose between them, is mar a chéile iad. If I could pick and choose, dá bhfaighinn breith is dá rogha. 2I do not choose to do so, ní mian liom é sin a dhéanamh. When I choose, nuair a thogrós mé.