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chosen

1

[ choh-zuhn ]

verb

  1. a past participle of choose.


adjective

  1. selected from several; preferred:

    The project combined my passion for sailing with my chosen profession as a TV producer.

  2. Theology. elect ( def 8 ).

noun

  1. the chosen. the elect.

Chosen

2

[ choh-sen ]

noun

  1. Japanese name of Korea.

chosen

1

/ ˈtʃəʊzən /

verb

  1. See choose
    the past participle of choose


adjective

  1. selected or picked out, esp for some special quality

Chosen

2

/ ˈtʃəʊˈsɛn /

noun

  1. the official name for Korea when it was a Japanese province (1910–45)

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Other Words From

  • cho·sen·ness noun
  • un·cho·sen adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of chosen1

First recorded in 1200–50, for the noun

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Example Sentences

Our hikes had started to feel more routine, almost second nature, and my stomach wasn’t in knots over whether I’d chosen the right route, remembered the correct blaze colors, or packed enough water.

Giorgio read aloud what they had chosen as their class motto.

The parents had chosen to give birth at home, with a certified professional midwife attending.

Their products are chosen by online votes which brings home a kind of warm and fuzzy “we all did this!”

Nonetheless, Washington has chosen to allow Chinese predatory behavior to continue.

It should be noted that LA tap water, rather than NYC's famed brand, was chosen for the test.

Selections for practice should be chosen which contain much variety of thought and feeling and are smooth in movement.

Polavieja, as everybody knew, was the chosen executive of the friars, whose only care was to secure their own position.

The first subject chosen by her for a picture was the "Portal of the Church of the Magdalene."

And as the fat taken away from the flesh, so was David chosen from among the children of Israel.

They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias.

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