Adjective chosen has 1 sense
- chosen - preferred above all others; "the chosen few"; "her chosen abode"
Antonym: unselected (indirect, via selected)
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Noun chosen has 3 senses
- chosen - one who is the object of choice; who is given preference; "she was Mama's chosen"
--1 is a kind of darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky
- Chosen - the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)
--2 is a kind of Korea, Korean Peninsula, Choson
- chosen, elect - an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have power inside the government"
--3 is a kind of elite, elite group
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Verb choose has 3 senses
- choose, take, select, pick out - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
--1 is one way to decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sample sentence:
They choose him to write the letter
- choose, prefer, opt - select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"
Sample sentence:
They choose him to write the letter
- choose - see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"
--3 is one way to judge
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
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