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chosen

[choh-zuhn]

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verb

a past participle of choose.

adjective

selected from several; preferred: my chosen profession.

Theology. elect (def. 9).

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noun

elect.

Related forms

cho·sen·ness, noun

un·cho·sen, adjective

Example Sentences

We all offer our bodies and only a few are chosen, but it shouldnt reflect any special credit on those that are chosen.

Humanity for millennia has chosen to live in cities.

However, if a photo is chosen for publication in the magazine, it will be scrutinized for possible alterations.

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We all offer our bodies and only a few are chosen, but it shouldnt reflect any special credit on those that are chosen.

Humanity for millennia has chosen to live in cities.

However, if a photo is chosen for publication in the magazine, it will be scrutinized for possible alterations.

Few have chosen to invest in certified seed, opting for saved, bin-run seed.

Of course, whatever outfit is chosen to take this on will have to wrestle with the universe's daunting duo-time and distance.

Carefully chosen wines can flavor a variety of dishes.

Comcast customers who frequently log in to their online accounts have already chosen theirs.

Keep in mind, however, you're not going to find a perfect world in your new chosen field.

Attaining the other two changes may instead depend on proving oneself for several years within a chosen firm.

Our unknown travelers may have chosen the burial spot because it was obscure-or because it was conspicuous.

The emotion of people on this topic greatly affects the chosen outcomes.

After weeks of writing and research, other cast members have come to resemble their chosen historical figures as well.

As a result, every plant was chosen for its deer-resistance.

Winners will be chosen by random from a given day's entries.

Great societies could no longer educate only the chosen few.

The good news is that he has not been constrained by false modesty and has chosen six of his own pieces for this book.

For the rest of the months, the diary reveals a notable newspaper story from your chosen year.

Believing to be one of those in the chosen generation- either to suffer through, or to triumph through, is an ego-stoking thought.

For each city, ten scholars in a variety of specialties would be chosen to give presentations over a five-day period.

Materials throughout this house were chosen carefully to maximize light, durability, and ease of cleaning.

Google+ is also available to any organization that has chosen to automatically enable any new service pushed onto the suite.

Applications will be accepted and reviewed until the successful candidate is chosen.

With one or two exceptions, the chosen papers convey an impression of economics as a tidy, coherent discipline.

The prime meridian is arbitrary, meaning it could be chosen to be anywhere.

The serif font is easier to read, and the way that the articles can be chosen is simple and intuitive.

Most states have a whole list of official symbols-state bird, state mineral, state flower-but not all have chosen official foods.

Danko used this fruit to emphasize the berry-rich character of the wine that was chosen to go with this lunch.

The iPad sits in a front pocket which can be opened up and hinged down, suspended at your chosen angle by two straps.

They should have a distinguished record in their chosen specialties.

Contributions will be collected by the tax authorities and invested by fund managers chosen by the savers.

Nepal's first president was chosen by parliament the following month.

It's a singularly inaptly chosen quote if the intent is to discredit his logical skills.

She had chosen this quiet stretch, where human activity is strictly managed, to have her young.

Crushed rock, chosen to harmonize with a backdrop of granite boulders, fills the rest of the grid and extends beyond it.

The schools were chosen because they each had significant attendance problems.

In animist communities, the baobab is seen as a deity which has chosen to live among the people.

My chosen photograph shows a rough pair of hands which have gone through harshness.

If they were in it for the money, they wouldn't have chosen that field of study.

They had chosen it long before as the place where they would make their last stand.

To prepare an herb tea, add boiling water to your chosen leaves.

The name and price of a given app you've chosen moves to the top of the screen.

Mexico's divided leftist party has chosen a veteran radical as its presidential candidate.

Yours may be chosen to run in an upcoming issue or online photo critique.

Chosen by a ten-member scientific advisory board, the awards run the gamut from basic science to diagnosis and treatment.

All have been chosen for inclusion because what they do-or what they have done-has made a difference.

Well chosen accent pieces can help turn a tiny urban garden into a tranquil space.

Every morning, the app creates a compendium of the days events based on the topics you've chosen.

Please leave the words and spellings chosen by the author.

They say that the facilities chosen to manage the waste have poor track records.

If chosen correctly, the wasps should be restricted to only the mealybugs.

That's why an eternal design, not one ancient or modern, was chosen.

Then, in beds at the bases of the walls, she arranged plants chosen for their color and form.

We've chosen some of our favorite examples from the book for this gallery.

Her chosen poison was oestrogen, one of the hormones that make women women and help to control the menstrual cycle.

The metal chosen depends on the wavelength of infrared that is being detected.

Subjects must place a low or a high wager on the chosen card before it is revealed and lose or win accordingly.

They are all heat-tolerant and were chosen to provide year-round interest.

And both eventually abandoned their chosen fields to write about technology, business, and society.

Now, when that ideology is showing its dangerous and shameful side, the party has suddenly chosen to reaffirm it.

As long as she lives, she and a few chosen boy toys are the only ones that breed.

Some companies have chosen this lighter plastic because it has a lower environmental impact to produce and transport.

They're chosen for success in mild-winter climates and for good fruit quality.

If your service or application isn't in the list, you can subscribe to the feed by adding it to your chosen service manually.

These molecules are chosen based on their ability to react with compounds of interest in samples being tested.

The winged shape and the ample width of the counter are carefully chosen to create intimacy without a feeling of claustrophobia.

Winners will be chosen by random from the giveaway entries.

In each case, pieces are chosen to enhance that particular garden, and sometimes a new piece is made especially for the show.

Targets in the round-the-clock bombings are chosen in current order of importance.

The colonists couldn't have chosen a worse place to settle.

Careful measurements would be affected by the bands chosen for the experiment.

Once you've chosen a site and decided which vegetables it can accommodate, you'll need to consider climate and length of growing.

The rest of us are getting them chosen for us and delivered by.

Their chosen tools for this task are tiny particles of silver.

Guides are chosen because of their special ability to read the desert and determine exactly where they are.

Open and closed systems are at odds with each other because closed systems to tend limit innovation to a chosen few.

Under the approved law, the directors of the council would be chosen jointly by the president and university rectors.

Scouts from the chosen box then spread through the swarm, signaling that it was time to move.

They are all equally probable and difficult to be chosen.

He was also chosen to deliver a commencement address.

Entire subcultures now define themselves primarily or exclusively through their chosen text-messaging or instant-messaging argot.

It is unlikely that these sequential partners are chosen because of the value of their genetic potential.

We've chosen our favorite houses that meld style with globally conscious living.

She has chosen an unusual route to the top of the software industry.

Granted that this may be due to the single example chosen by the reviewer.

Thematically the curators have chosen pieces that focus on the interpretation of time and space since the beginning of modernism.

Each student group should identify the resources used to make their chosen product.

Well, the words were certainly chosen with a tongue firmly planted in one cheek.

America, although the mainstream theorists have chosen to ignore and even discredit such finds.

Finalists were chosen by the magazine's board of editors and publishers.

In this game, they must act out a scenario and have others guess the location they have chosen.

Each object in the main case was chosen for a specific reason.

The mini-profile also has a photo and a algorithmically chosen snippet from a typical.

His chosen cause is the repatriation of billions of dollars supposedly stashed abroad by the rich and crooked.

Tell students that as they read, they should try to imagine why each word was chosen for each group of animal.

Otherwise, she'd have chosen more wisely what to criticize before her mesmerized audiences.

The jellyfish gene was chosen because it was easy to track.

Politicians and policymakers have bickered and schemed, but have mostly chosen to leave things as they are.

Have students write stories about the wildebeests during the month they have chosen.

In some cases, however, the researchers also revealed what would have happened if they had chosen differently.

The next step is being chosen by one of iPublish's five editors.

Both men fell victim to shareholder power, having chosen repeatedly to disregard it.

Later, others would only shrug when speculating as to why he had chosen this ill-advised tactic.

Irrespective of your chosen set of parameters, a model will only tell you what you may expect given your inputs.

Those chosen will be included in the film-in-progress.

So far, only a handful of banks have chosen to report losses to get their houses in order.

They should highlight specific issues that affect the estuary they have chosen to study.

From jet-shoes to astronaut food, we've chosen some of the best or you.

But plants for this vertical landscape must be chosen with care.

Feel free to explain now how you can give up your chosen telecomm thingie any time you want.

Many vegetarians have chosen to avoid meat for environmental.

To be fair, the questions in the survey seem deliberately chosen to confuse.

The leather was chosen for the tanning process which should give it a klife of a few thousand.

The machines themselves use a robot arm to grab your chosen item and transfer it to the delivery slot:.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

Japanese name of Korea.

verb (used with object)

to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.

to prefer or decide (to do something): He chose to run for election.

to want; desire.

(especially in children's games) to contend with (an opponent) to decide, as by odd or even, who will do something: I'll choose you to see who gets to bat first.

verb (used without object)

to make a choice: He chose carefully.

to be inclined: You may stay here, if you choose.

(especially in children's games) to decide, as by means of odd or even, who will do something: Let's choose to see who bats first.

Verb phrase

choose up,

to select (players) for a contest or game: The boys chose up sides for the game.

to select players for a contest or game: We have to choose up before we can play.

Idiom

cannot choose but, cannot do otherwise than; is or are obliged to: He cannot choose but obey.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English chosen, chēsen, Old English cēosan; cognate with Gothic kiusan, Old High German kiosan (German kiesen); akin to Greek geúesthai to enjoy, Latin gustāre to taste (see gusto)

Related forms

choos·a·ble, adjective

choos·er, noun

pre·choose, verb (used with object), -chose, -cho·sen, -choos·ing.

re·choose, verb, -chose, -cho·sen, -choos·ing.

un·choos·a·ble, adjective

Can be confused: chews, choose (see synonym note at the current entry).

Synonyms
1. Choose, select, pick, elect, prefer indicate a decision that one or more possibilities are to be regarded more highly than others. Choose suggests a decision on one of a number of possibilities because of its apparent superiority: to choose a course of action. Select suggests a choice made for fitness: to select the proper golf club. Pick, an informal word, suggests a selection on personal grounds: to pick a winner. The formal word elect suggests a kind of official action: to elect a representative. Prefer, also formal, emphasizes the desire or liking for one thing more than for another or others: to prefer coffee to tea.

Antonyms
1. reject.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

chosen (ˈtʃəʊz^ən)

—vb
1.	the past participle of choose

—*adj*
2.	selected or picked out, esp for some special quality

Chosen (ˈtʃəʊˈsɛn)

—n
	the official name for Korea when it was a Japanese province (1910--45)

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Word Origin & History

choose

O.E. ceosan "choose, taste, try" (class II strong verb; past tense ceas, pp. coren), from P.Gmc. *keusanan, from PIE base *geus- "to taste, relish" (see gusto). Variant spelling chuse is M.E., very frequent 16c.-18c. Only remotely related to choice. The irregular pp. leveled out to chosen by 1200.

Easton

Bible Dictionary

Chosen definition

spoken of warriors (Ex. 15:4; Judg. 20:16), of the Hebrew nation (Ps. 105:43; Deut. 7:7), of Jerusalem as the seat of the temple (1 Kings 11:13). Christ is the "chosen" of God (Isa. 42:1); and the apostles are "chosen" for their work (Acts 10:41). It is said with regard to those who do not profit by their opportunities that "many are called, but few are chosen" (Matt. 20:16). (See ELECTION.)

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