chose
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 5
/t͡ʃəʊz/
(UK)
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/t͡ʃəʊz/ (UK) · /t͡ʃoʊz/ (US)
Definition of chose
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (form-of, past)simple past of choose
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verb
- (form-of, past)simple past of choose
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(colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past)past participle of choose
“From what conſummate vertue I have choſe / This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son,”
“I expect you might have chose a somewhat larger fish, but I'll try an' make it do.”
“Since this work is about Vilna's Jewish community, I have chose the familiar spelling Vilna, which closely approximates Jews' preferred name for their city.”
- (form-of, past)simple past of chuse
noun
- A thing; personal property.
- (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable)Acronym of confidence, hope, optimism, subjective well-being, and emotional intelligence.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French chose, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”). Doublet of cause.
Words you can make from chose
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