chose
UK/t͡ʃəʊz//t͡ʃoʊz/
chose is the simple past of choose and.
chose is the past participle of choose.
Meaning of choose
Verb
choose (third-person singular simple present chooses, present participle choosing, simple past chose or (nonstandard) choosed, past participle chosen or (nonstandard) choosed or (now colloquial) chose)
- To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
- I chose a nice ripe apple from the fruit bowl.
- To elect.
- He was chosen as president in 1990.
- To decide to act in a certain way.
- I chose to walk to work today.
- To prefer; to wish; to desire.
- The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment.1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC
Noun (1)
chose (plural choses)
Noun (2) capitalized: CHOSE
CHOSE (uncountable)
- Acronym of confidence, hope, optimism, subjective well-being, and emotional intelligence.
Forms of chose
| plural | choses |
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Origin of chose
From Middle French chose, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”). Doublet of cause.
Words formed from chose
- chose in action
- chose in possession
- chose local
- chose transitory
Phrases with chose
Words that rhyme with chose
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- interpose
- propose
- gloze
- oppose
- disclose
- foreclose
- prose
- snows
- turn up one's nose
- unclose
- adipose
- appose
- arose
- counterpose
- croze
- decompose
- doze
- enclose
- froze
- hoes
- knows
- adoze
- apollos
- beaus
- beprose
- blows
- bose
- bros
- châteaux
- cloze
- coze
- crows
- does
- dos
- doughs
- fallows
- fellows
- flows
- foes
- follows
- foredispose
- frows
- glows
- goes
- grows
- hard-nose
- hollows
- joes
Questions about chose
- What does chose mean?
- Chose means a thing; personal property.
- What is chose the simple past of?
- Chose is the simple past of choose and.
- What part of speech is chose?
- Chose is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chose?
- Chose is pronounced /t͡ʃəʊz/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chose?
- The plural of chose is choses.
Words near chose in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chose (page history and authors); CHOSE (page history and authors); choose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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