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# chooser

«chooser» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who chooses** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a chooser, choosers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who chooses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chooser/#m1)

2) Beggars can't be choosers: a saying meaning when you need help, you must accept what you are given. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chooser/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Mostly met in the saying "beggars can't be choosers". Also used for the person who picks in games ("the chooser picks the team"). Phrases: beggars can't be choosers, the chooser picks.

### examples

- Beggars can't be choosers, so I ate the cold pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chooser/#x1)
- The chooser picks the first player for the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chooser/#x2)
- I'm the chooser today; we'll watch a cartoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chooser/#x3)
- We only had blue paint left, but beggars can't be choosers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chooser/#x4)
- Each chooser gets one sticker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chooser/#x5)
- Who is the chooser for the next game? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chooser/#x6)
- The chooser of the winning name gets a prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chooser/#x7)

### note

Countable: choosers. From choose + -er. Rare outside the saying. Note spelling: choose (double o), chooser.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chooser» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chooser/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.