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.

noun

1. the chosen. the elect.

Chosen

²

[choh-sen]

noun

1. Japanese name of Korea.

chosen

¹

/ ˈtʃəʊzən /

verb

1. 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)

Other Word Forms

• chosenness noun
• unchosen adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chosen¹

First recorded in 1200–50, for the noun

Example Sentences

“We have not let ourselves as a culture accept the fact that chosen family is family and in many cases it surpasses birth family.”

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“The U.K. stock market has a wealth of opportunities in the financial services sector and it’s a vote of confidence that Shawbrook has chosen to return to this exchange,” he adds.

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Its legions of players guide their chosen nations through the tumult of World War II in the hope of ending up on top.

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The treed “Woodland Garden” to the west, with black tupelo and swamp white oaks, gives way to a “Perennial Meadow,” whose asters, purple beebalms and orange butterfly weed were chosen for their chromatic effect.

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He liked Honore, despite the man’s chosen profession; the brutal manner of his death inspires Maigret to pursue his killer, rather than the team that has been robbing Paris banks with apparent impunity.

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