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Definitions for chosen
ˈtʃoʊˈsɛncho·sen

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. chosennoun

    one who is the object of choice; who is given preference

    "she was Mama's chosen"

  2. Chosennoun

    the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)

  3. chosen, electnoun

    an exclusive group of people

    "one of the elect who have power inside the government"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Chosenthe participle passive,

    Etymology: from To choose.

    If king Lewis vouchsafe to furnish us
    With some few bands of chosen soldiers,
    I’ll undertake to land them on our coast. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

ChatGPT

  1. chosen

    Chosen refers to having been selected or picked out from a group or range of possibilities. It could apply to a singled out individual, object, or course of action. Being chosen often implies a special recognition or the belief that the chosen thing or person is somehow superior or more suitable than the others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Chosen

    of Choose

  2. Chosen

    selected from a number; picked out; choice

  3. Chosennoun

    one who, or that which is the object of choice or special favor

Wikidata

  1. Chosen

    "Chosen" is the series finale of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the 22nd episode of season 7 and the 144th episode of the series. It was written and directed by series creator Joss Whedon and originally aired on UPN on May 20, 2003. The Buffy story would not be continued beyond this point until "The Long Way Home", a comic book, in 2007.

Editors Contribution

  1. chosen

    A specific choice.

    That was the chosen uniform.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 4, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'chosen' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2092

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'chosen' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3336

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'chosen' in Adjectives Frequency: #1003

Anagrams for chosen »

  1. schone

  2. cheson

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of chosen in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of chosen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of chosen in a Sentence

  1. Alien Life -RSB- Raymond:

    It was a very minimal media, if something's growing on there, you know it's able to fix carbon and nitrogen out of the atmosphere, or using one of the specifically chosen carbon and nitrogen compounds we add to the media. Either way, these organisms are very efficient recyclers of organic material.

  2. Marc Morial:

    I wish he had chosen to say, quote, the 'N' word as opposed to saying the word, because I have been long on record that coarse language used in any context in the pubic square is not the best way to talk about these types of issues. The 'N' word has never had a positive meaning.

  3. Thomas Homan:

    By passing this bill, California politicians have chosen to prioritize politics over public safety, disturbingly, the legislation serves to codify a dangerous policy that deliberately obstructs our country’s immigration laws and shelters serious criminal alien offenders.

  4. Helen Thomson:

    A cat does not want all the world to love her -- only those she has chosen to love.

  5. Michael Levesque:

    Generic drugs are essentially commodity products chosen on cost and as the purchasers consolidate and exert their leverage we would expect downward pressure.

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