DEFINITIONS

chose

1
[ chohz ]
/ tʃoʊz /
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verb

simple past tense of choose.
Obsolete. past participle of choose.

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Words related to chose

appoint, elect, name, want, cast, adopt, prefer, accept, favor, embrace, take, determine, judge, love, designate, sort, desire, predestine, tap, separate

Words nearby chose

chorus frog, chorus girl, chorus pedal, chorusmaster, chorzów, chose, chosen, chosen people, chosisme, chosŏn, chota nagpur

Definition for chose (2 of 3)

chose2
[ shohz ]
/ ʃoʊz /

noun Law.

a thing; an article of personal property.

Origin of chose

2
1350–1400 for earlier senses; 1660–70 for current sense; Middle English < French < Latin causa case, thing. See cause

Definition for chose (3 of 3)

choose
[ chooz ]
/ tʃuz /

verb (used with object), chose; cho·sen or (Obsolete) chose; choos·ing.

verb (used without object), chose; cho·sen or (Obsolete) chose; choos·ing.

Verb Phrases

choose up,
  1. to select (players) for a contest or game: The kids chose up sides for the game.
  2. to select players for a contest or game: We have to choose up before we can play.

Origin of choose

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)

OTHER WORDS FROM choose

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH choose

chews choose

synonym study for choose

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.
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British Dictionary definitions for chose (1 of 3)

chose1
/ (tʃəʊz) /

verb

the past tense of choose

British Dictionary definitions for chose (2 of 3)

chose2
/ (ʃəʊz) /

noun

law an article of personal property

Word Origin for chose

C17: from French: thing, from Latin causa cause, case, reason

British Dictionary definitions for chose (3 of 3)

choose
/ (tʃuːz) /

verb chooses, choosing, chose or chosen

to select (a person, thing, course of action, etc) from a number of alternatives
(tr; takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to consider it desirable or properI don't choose to read that book
(intr) to like; pleaseyou may stand if you choose
cannot choose but to be obliged towe cannot choose but vote for him
nothing to choose between or little to choose between (of two people or objects) almost equal

Derived forms of choose

chooser, noun

Word Origin for choose

Old English ceosan; related to Old Norse kjōsa, Old High German kiosan
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Idioms and Phrases with chose

choose

In addition to the idiom beginning with choose

  • choose up

also see:

  • beggars can't be choosers
  • pick and choose

Also see underchoice.

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