chosen
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- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of chosen
6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (form-of, participle, past)past participle of choose
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verb
- (form-of, participle, past)past participle of choose
- (form-of, participle, past)past participle of chuse
adj
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picked; selected
“The chosen candidate accepted the award with pride.”
“Only a few chosen participants were allowed entry.”
- elected
name
- (alt-of, alternative, historical)Alternative form of Joseon: A former Korean kingdom and dynasty in East Asia which ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1392 CE to 1897 CE.
- (historical)A former colony of Japan in East Asia; Korea under Japanese rule, from 1910 through 1945.
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Etymology
From Middle English chosen, ychosen, ichosen, re-analysed variant of coren, icoren, ȝecoren (“chosen”), from Old English coren, ġecoren (“chosen”), past participle of Old English ċēosan (“to choose”). Morphologically equivalent to choose + -en (past participle ending).
Anagrams of chosen
8 plays · some not in Scrabble
Words you can make from chosen
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