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• chosen
  chosen

  verb

  a past participle of choose.
• Chosen
  Chosen

  noun

  Japanese name of Korea.

chosen

¹ American  

[choh-zuhn] / ˈtʃoʊ zən /

verb

1. a past participle of choose.

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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 American  

[choh-sen] / ˈtʃoʊˈsɛn /

noun

1. Japanese name of Korea.

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chosen ¹ British  

/ ˈtʃəʊzən /

verb

1. the past participle of choose

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adjective

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

Chosen ² British  

/ ˈtʃəʊˈsɛn /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• chosenness
  noun
• unchosen
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of chosen

First recorded in 1200–50, for the noun

Example Sentences

“I write to make amends,” she reflects, describing a lifetime of studying Cuba as a kind of penance for what she calls being “the chosen one” that spring day in 1963.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Crow, 64, bought both properties through a trust managed by her longtime financial manager—having chosen to relocate from a remote 150-acre farm to the Nashville estate when her children were getting ready to start preschool.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Increasingly, speakers are being chosen or challenged not only for what they say, but for what they symbolize about institutions, technology, politics and generational authority.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Pork Pie Way has been chosen as the name of Melton Mowbray's new bypass after a public vote.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

One might say she had chosen to bury her head in the sand about the whole thing, but in any event it was time to go to dinner.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood