CHOSEN

chosen, elect

(noun) an exclusive group of people; “one of the elect who have power inside the government”

Chosen

(noun) the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)

chosen

(noun) one who is the object of choice; who is given preference; “she was Mama’s chosen”

CHOOSE

choose, take, select, pick out

(verb) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; “Take any one of these cards”; “Choose a good husband for your daughter”; “She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her”

choose, prefer, opt

(verb) select as an alternative over another; “I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant”; “She opted for the job on the East coast”

choose

(verb) see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; “She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

chosen

past participle of choose

Adjective

chosen (comparative more chosen, superlative most chosen)

picked; selected

elected

Anagrams

• Schoen, chones, cohens, enochs

Source: Wiktionary


Cho"sen, p. p. of Choose.

Definition: Selected from a number; picked out; choice. Seven hundred chosen men left-handed. Judg. xx. 16.

Cho"sen, n.

Definition: One who, or that which is the object of choice or special favor.

CHOOSE

Choose, v. t. [imp. Chose; p. p. Chosen, Chose (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Choosing.] Etym: [OE. chesen, cheosen, AS. ceĂłsan; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen, Icel. kjosa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. jush to enjoy. *46. Cf. Choice, 2d Gust.]

1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils. Choose me for a humble friend. Pope.

2. To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.] The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. Goldsmith. To choose sides. See under Side.

Syn. - To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow.

– To Choose, Prefer, Elect. To choose is the generic term, and denotes to take or fix upon by an act of the will, especially in accordance with a decision of the judgment. To prefer is to choose or favor one thing as compared with, and more desirable than, another, or more in accordance with one's tastes and feelings. To elect is to choose or select for some office, employment, use, privilege, etc., especially by the concurrent vote or voice of a sufficient number of electors. To choose a profession; to prefer private life to a public one; to elect members of Congress.

Choose, v. i.

1. To make a selection; to decide. They had only to choose between implicit obedience and open rebellion. Prescott.

2. To do otherwise. "Can I choose but smile" Pope. Can not choose but, must necessarily. Thou canst not choose but know who I am. Shak.

CHUSE

Chuse, v. t.

Definition: See Choose. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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