Choose and Settle upon

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Choose verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

Usage example: choose a computer that best suits your needs

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Settle upon and choose are semantically related. in pick topic. In some cases you can use "Settle upon" instead a verb "Choose".

Nearby Words: choosy, choosing, choosey, chooser

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Choose and settle upon are semantically related. You can use "Choose" instead a verb "Settle upon".

In the short story "Father Hugh and the Deadly Scythe" by Mary Monica Pulver, the eponymous priest decides which of three suspects killed a man with a scythe by observing which scythe a group of flies, described by Father Hugh as the creatures of Beelzebub, choose to settle upon.

Source: Flies Equals Evil

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